Finance Minister Felix Mlusu’s 2021/2022 fiscal budget delivered at the Parliament Building in the capital Lilongwe on Friday, May 28, 2021 has already began proving what critics said that the K1.9 trillion budget “is unrealistic” following a contradiction between the ministry and the treasury on inflation.
Members of the national assembly are presently locked in cluster meetings as per parliamentary requirement, and are expected to return to the chamber in two weeks to debate it before they can decide to pass or reject it.
Minister of Finance Felix Mlusu presents the provisional Budget in the Chamber-pic by Lisa Kadango
‘Unrealistic’
Already, Mlusu’s budget his second since he was appointed minister responsible for finance last year faced huge criticism from main opposition, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), describing it as “a pro-rich budget.”