Art Harun: Proposal was for two MPs per party to attend Budget tabling, I fought for more


KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun says it was proposed that only two MPs from each party should be in the Dewan Rakyat for the tabling of Budget 2021, but it was he who insisted that more should be able attend the sitting.

The Dewan Rakyat Speaker dismissed criticism directed at him over the decision to allow only 80 MPs to attend the sitting on Friday (Nov 6).

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