Recent
Parliament sitting to pass the 2010 Budget nearly backfires for Prime Minister
Dato'Seri Najib Tun Abdul
Razak. If the 2010 budget were not passed on the sitting, The Federal Government will be put in a difficult position at least for 3 months before a new or same budget is proposed & if enough
BN MP's attended the sitting then maybe passed without difficulties.
BN has 137
MP's in the
Parliament.
PR has 87
MP's in the
Parliament.
14 December 2009 marks a new dawn in
Parliament when its sitting to pass the 2010 budget was welcome with a panic response from
BN MP's when the attendance of
BN MP's in
Parliament is less then 50% while PR
MP's came almost in full force.
Out of 137
BN MP's, only 64 came in for the 1st count to pass 2010 budget & during the 2
nd count, 2 more
BN MP's arrived making the total no.of
BN MP's in
Parliament on that day in total is 66
MP's. This is out of 137
Parliament Seats that
BN commands at the House. Even at 66
MP's in attendance for
BN, this is still less than 50% of
MP's who attended the sitting.
This is in contrast with PR
MP's who command a total of 87 seats but their turnout is 63. That's way more than 50%.
The action by
BN MP's create a lot of questions on their role as Members of
Parliament for
BN & their contribution to the house. If they keep on missing/skipping the sittings, then why appoint them as
MP's in the 1st place. Whether they know or don't want to know their role,this should be determine before
BN name their candidate for
Parliament Seats in the election.
The action by
BN MP's who did not attend the sitting without reasons only bring disgrace to
BN Party .This should never happen. Not when
BN commands the majority of seats in the
Parliament.
Prime Minister effort to get back Malaysians to support
BN is
jeopardised by his own MP's in Parliament.
And late report from the local press did not contribute to people having/giving more trust to BN as they are being seen to cover or try to cover up the incident.
1 Malaysia - Peoples Precedes, Performance Emphasized.