The Dewan Rakyat sitting resumed today with Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad answering on behalf of his subordinate Lim Guan Eng, during the question-and-answer session, on a proposal to take a loan from Japan.
This immediately drew attention among the media practitioners who asked Lim isn’t it conventional that a minister or his or her deputy should answer questions to the ministry put to the House.
"The prime minister is the most powerful (individual in the Executive branch). Of course, he has the right (to answer a question on my behalf," he said when met at Parliament lobby.
"This shows he has the accountability attitude on the matter that was brought up (to the government)," said Lim, who is the MP for Bagan.
According to today's Order Paper, which set out the agenda for the sitting, the first question was posed to the finance minister by Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (BN-Bagan Datuk).
Zahid asked the finance minister to state the rationale for Malaysia to get a financial loan from Japan, with a higher currency value than the ringgit, although the interest on the loan is supposedly low.
"Will it not add to the current national debt ?" asked Zahid, to which the reply came from Mahathir. -Mkini
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