Allowing increased spending without legislative scrutiny an 'extremely worrying' move, says Tok Mat


  • Nation
  • Friday, 02 Apr 2021

PETALING JAYA: The government's decision to amend the Emergency Ordinance to allow increased expenditure without having to go through the Dewan Rakyat or state assemblies is extremely worrying, says Umno deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan.

He said that a state of emergency is not a "free pass" to ignore accountability and transparency in any situation, and that the legal validity of the amendment to the ordinance does not equate to moral legitimacy.

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