International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed will be presenting the full terms of the Trans-Pacific Partnership to Parliament this month. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Najjua Zulkefli, October 7, 2015.
Putrajaya has yet to sign the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said today, adding that it must be endorsed by Parliament first.
Mustapa said he wants to present the government’s case on the trade pact to Members of Parliament when it reconvenes for its third meeting on October 19.
"We want to go to Parliament and debate. We will make a decision in Parliament – that means based on votes," Mustapa said in a press conference on TPPA in Putrajaya today.
He said he had already met the minister in charge of parliamentary affairs Datuk Seri Azalina Othman to give him priority to present Malaysia's position on the TPPA to the Dewan Rakyat at the coming meeting.
"I have already negotiated with her and the Speaker. I want the first week of the sitting for me to tell Parliament where we are with TPPA," he said. -TMI
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