10-08-2022, 05:35 PM
Feel-good Budget 2023 will give BN big boost for GE15: observers
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KUALA LUMPUR – The country’s biggest budget unveiled this afternoon will, to a large extent, help Barisan Nasional (BN) capture voter support ahead of an impending general election, according to political observers.
Granted, the coalition’s win and return to federal power could hinge on when the election is called, they said.
This comes on the back of widespread speculation over the date of the dissolution of Parliament to pave the way for the national polls, amid Umno exerting political pressure on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
National Professor Council senior fellow Jeniri Amir said that if Umno hopes to benefit from the supposed feel-good factor of the budget, it is only wise for Ismail Sabri, the party’s vice-president, to push for an immediate general election.
Granted, the coalition’s win and return to federal power could hinge on when the election is called, they said.
This comes on the back of widespread speculation over the date of the dissolution of Parliament to pave the way for the national polls, amid Umno exerting political pressure on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
National Professor Council senior fellow Jeniri Amir said that if Umno hopes to benefit from the supposed feel-good factor of the budget, it is only wise for Ismail Sabri, the party’s vice-president, to push for an immediate general election.
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