Harapan pushes for increase in federal grants to states in budget document

Ahead of Budget 2022's tabling in Parliament on Friday, Pakatan Harapan in its strategy document tabled today proposed recommendations that include a fundamental change under the federal constitution on how the federal government funds the states, including increased allocations for Sabah and Sarawak.

This year, the opposition bloc had moved away from presenting a shadow budget to the government's proposal as the strategy document was a result of multiple discussions and prior agreements reached with...