KUALA LUMPUR: The six-day special sitting of the Dewan Rakyat, slated to begin tomorrow, will focus on the tabling of the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) mid-term review by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
The review was carried out to evaluate the achievements of the five-year plan in its first two years (2021-2022) and the direction for the next three years (2023-2025) towards achieving a sustainable, prosperous and high-income nation, taking into account current domestic challenges and global trends.
According to the Dewan Rakyat calendar, the tabling of the 12MP mid-term review is scheduled for 10am tomorrow with no afternoon sitting as the debate will start on Tuesday and go on until Thursday, while replies by ministers are slated for Sept 18 and 19, Bernama reported.
On June 19, a special meeting of the Prime Minister with Cabinet ministers and secretaries-general of ministries on the review agreed that all parties need to move as a team to expedite the implementation of planned reforms and economic initiatives.
In a Facebook post, Anwar, who is also Finance Minister, said the special sitting was intended to discuss the new direction in the 12MP to ensure that the country’s economy remains robust and on the right track towards achieving the Malaysia Madani agenda.
Quoting Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli, the 12MP needs to be evaluated in its entirety because the assumptions or plans made prior to the Covid-19 pandemic from 2020 to 2022 have rendered a number of things obsolete.
According to him, while it can be described as something unique, the 12MP mid-term review can also be called a new plan for the country.
The 12MP was tabled by the ninth Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob on Sept 27, 2021, with an estimated development allocation of RM400bil.
