11-01-2021, 10:42 AM
![[Image: Tengku-Zafrul-budget-2022-bernama-1.jpg]](https://s3media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Tengku-Zafrul-budget-2022-bernama-1.jpg)
PETALING JAYA: The 2022 budget was a missed “golden opportunity” to make real changes, noted economist Jomo Kwame Sundaram told a public forum today, while an MP said budget proposals should come under greater parliamentary scrutiny.
Jomo, a noted economist and former government adviser, said the missed opportunity was “something quite sad”.
The 2022 budget, being a pre-election budget, was the perfect time for finance minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz, who is not an MP, to reduce the political elements in government budgets, he said.
- More -