MP SPEAKS | There is no Unity Budget 2021 if the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government rejects Pakatan Harapan’s six key fiscal and financial measures that save jobs, businesses and the economic livelihood of Malaysians.

With Malaysia facing a surge in the third wave of Covid-19 infections, it is imperative that all parties come together to craft a unity budget that works to help Malaysians overcome and survive the current Covid-19 economic recession.

The country recorded the worst contraction in GDP growth in Asean, at 17.1 percent for the second quarter this year.

The 2020 GDP is expected to contract by five percent, unemployment to breach one million workers and our deficit to rise to six percent.

The many ideas proposed for the Unity Budget 2021 to revive the economy, jobs and businesses can be summarised into...