Meeting of minds: Police personnel checking the entry point at the Parliament Building in Kuala Lumpur for the special sitting. Bernama
COVID-19 vaccination, economic measures and assistance for the rakyat took centre stage on the first day of the Dewan Rakyat special sitting.
Datuk Salim Sharif (BN-Jempol) said that 49% of the micro SME sector, or up to 580,000, were at risk of closing down by October should lockdowns continue.
“This will cause as many as seven million Malaysians to be at risk of being unemployed.
“This will have direct impact on 14 million people and as a result, micro SMEs might not be able to rise again when the economy reopens,” he said.