KUALA LUMPUR: The six-day special sitting of the Dewan Rakyat, slated to begin tomorrow, will focus on the tabling of the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) mid-term review by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
The review was carried out to evaluate the achievements of the five-year plan in its first two years and the direction for the next three years towards achieving a sustainable, prosperous and high-income nation, taking into account current domestic challenges and global trends.
On June 19, a special meeting of the Prime Minister with Cabinet ministers and secretaries-general of ministries on the review agreed that all parties need to move as a team to expedite the implementation of planned reforms and economic initiatives. Quoting Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli, the 12MP needs to be evaluated in its entirety because the assumptions or plans made prior to the Covid-19 pandemic from 2020 to 2022 have rendered a number of things obsolete.