JASA's budget to be slashed, says finance minister

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Tengku Zafrul Aziz says funds will be redirected to other areas that needed additional allocations but did not provide details. FMTNews JASA

Tengku Zafrul Aziz in the Dewan Rakyat today before the 2021 Budget was passed at the policy stage by a voice vote.

Yesterday, Communications and Multimedia Minister Saifuddin Abdullah had guaranteed that the RM85 million allocation for Jasa would be slashed and that the department would be rebranded as the Community Communications Department. This included the i-Sinar initiative which now allows Employees Provident Fund members to withdraw up to RM10,000.

Wong said this would cause a major problem, adding that the budget should be realistic and not populist.Former health minister Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad then voiced out on the budget allocation for the health sector being inadequate.Speaker Azhar Harun then asked all MPs to follow the rules, to which an opposition MP told him to control the government MPs first.Meanwhile, Khalid Samad was disappointed at not being allowed to pose a question to the finance minister.

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tzafrul_aziz ,NajibRazak ,TSVigneswaranSA ,DatukSaravanan,anwaribrahim Can you explain to the rakyat why PMO budget is $1 billion? Base on what have you tabled this budget for $1 billion. What is the purpose for this amount of $1 billion?

The lack of transparency of this budget is worrying, no mention source of revenue to fund this budget as well.

To his *coughing*pockets...

Reject budget for Jasa

We dont need Jasa tzafrul_aziz Are you that stupid Minister? We dont want Jasa. Rakyat tidak memerlukan Jasa. The funds allocated to Jasa does not belong to your father tzafrul_aziz it belongs to rakyat. So dont missuse the rakyat,s fund for your own political mileage. Faham?

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