DUBAI (Reuters) – Malaysian opposition figurehead Anwar Ibrahim said on Friday he would press ahead with a campaign to topple the government and would cut fuel prices if he took power.
Anwar, who says he has parliamentary backing to bring down the government, said his supporters included senior defectors from the ruling coalition. He said he also had growing support from the oil-producing areas of Sabah and Sarawak.
“We do have the numbers but the issue is when to move on the no confidence vote… It can be weeks to months,” he said.
“We have adequate numbers to secure a simple majority in the house. What we need, of course, is a comfortable majority … There is a general sentiment among the general population wanting this change.”
The minor parties of Sabah and Sarawak, on the island of Borneo, ensured Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s Barisan Nasional coalition clung to power in a March 8 election.
But Barisan suffered the heaviest setback in its near-unbroken 50-year reign since independence. It lost its two-thirds majority in the federal parliament and lost five states to the opposition, including its industrial heartlands.
Barisan now holds a 29-seat majority in the 222-member parliament. Sabah and Sarawak parties delivered 42 seats to Barisan but Anwar said the opposition was wooing lawmakers with promises of regional oil royalties and more representation at the political centre.
Anwar said inflation, economic mismanagement and fuel price hikes had turned the public against Abdullah, encouraging lawmakers to defect, but he declined to give names and numbers. “Very soon they will appear and be known in public,” he said.
Analysts say Anwar has repeatedly made claims to have enough votes to topple the government without showing any evidence.
Protests against an increase in fuel prices have been small and scattered so far, but pressure is building within Abdullah’s ranks for him to quit to restore confidence in the ruling party.
Anwar, a former deputy premier, said he would continue a campaign of protests against the government even if Abdullah quit to make way for his designated successor Najib Razak.
“It is not individual. It is not about Abdullah Badawi or Najib Razak. It is about the system,” he said.
Even before the fuel hikes, Abdullah’s popularity had been falling with voters unhappy over racial and religious tensions, rising crime and failure to honor a pledge to fight corruption.
Opposition parties won 82 seats in the March election, with Anwar’s Parti Keadilan Rakyat holding the biggest block of opposition seats at 31.
“I cannot accept an oil-producing nation like Malaysia increasing petroleum prices by 46 percent in one go,” Anwar said. “It … reflects an utter disregard for the welfare of people. I am committed therefore to reducing the price of petroleum.”
By Lin Noueihed (Editing by Janet Lawrence)
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Akum, kata zamri mohamad itu betul. Sebagai rakyat yg semakin matang, kami perlukan fakta serta hujah bernas dan barulah rakyat bleh lebih ramai bersatu menyokong DSAI.
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YAB DSAI,
The full effects of Friday the 13th must have really hit them hard with you make such a vow and that too, on a foreign platform.
Although they try hoodwinking the Rakyat that you are bluffing, they know for a fact that you are NOT. They tried messing with your life but with Allah as your protector, it has been proven to be a futile effort.
Today, only mere rhetorics full of hot air is what they can afford to offer, though they are shivering deep down counting their days.
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YB En Anwar, we the rakyat, including the tortured sould under ISA, who want justice after being oppressed and brainwashed for so long by the “evil” BN/Umno are indeed impatient! But the new govt must never forget, power and justice always go together for a better and just world and humanity.
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Yes, saudara quick and easy…
LIKE EATING KACANG!
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Kami sentiasa menyokong Dato Seri untuk berjuang demi rakyat… jangan tunggu lama-lama….. kita kena bertindak sekarang… InsyaAllah Allah akan menyokong niat baik Dato Seri itu…
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Anwar Ibrahim tell us who your Economic Advisers are foreign an dlocal ,
Please show thru’ some adequately robust and comprehensive Econometric Model of the Energy-Economy of Malaysia that it is possible to stablize the Petrol Pump prices.
Pak Lah may have been INADEQUATELY advised by Analytical Economists and perhaps by some Applied Economists but I don’t beleieve they have developed a thoroughly robust and comprehensive Econometric Model of the Energy-Model of Malaysia.
At least it is an INFORMED decision … not some hotch-potch KELINTUNG by our Economics professors or MIER … show us .
[eg. please see Cambridge Econometrics Ltd for UK, Europe Model or Warwick Econometric Models (ESRC) ...... I don't think Pak Lah knows anything of this nature]
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YB cepatlah pulih semula negara kita ini. Kami berdoa agar rancangan Dato Seri akan berjaya.
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All the crocs flew to the East busily for their circus clown show.
How much fuel consumption will cost for carrying those heavy-weight crocs together with their spouse, babies and…….?
How much money will crocs spend at East where West has totally no idea?
What we hope is the East people are not BORN YESTERDAY!
The sun always start to rise on the East. They should wake up much more
earlier than the West. They supposed born earlier not born yesterday!
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Assalamualaikum Datuk Seri,
We are eargerly awaiting the topple of current BN/ UMNO government & I must say that the patience of all PR supporters are growing thin. We need you to step up the efforts on the discussions/ crossovers ASAP.
Very disgusted with the arrogance of the current cabinet ministers and the never ending lies. They forgot that we have media alternative nowadays and we continue to be disgusted.
Insya Allah, the time for you to be Malaysia’s 6th PM is within a whisker away.
Wassalam,
Muhd. Firdaus Christopher
Bandar Putra Bertam, Kepala Batas,
Penang.
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Our Honourable Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim,
Each day, we pray and pray and pray again for you, Sir to govern Malaysia
as soon as possible.
Kita, Rakyat sudah tak tahan lagi dengan keadaan sekarangi!
OUR DREAMS WILL COME TRUE!
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Akum DSAI,
Saya membayangkan sudah sampai masanya DSAI mengepalai gerakan reformasi fasa ke2 untuk menuju ke Putrajaya. Negara perlukan satu gerakan reformasi baru untuk menukar sistem atau kerajaan yang ada sekarang. Jika terlambat Negara akan dihimpit kemelesetan ekonomi yang teruk akibat inflasi dan salah urus ekonomi oleh sistem atau kerajaan BN yang diketuai AAB. Bertindaklah dengan segera namun saya yakin DSAI lebih arif tentang masa atau timing dan strategi.
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Saya minta maaf kerana komen ini agak panjang, ttp ada isu penting yg ingin saya hujahkan…
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Kerajaan BN memang banyak kesalahannya dan penyelewengannya. Prestasi kjaan2 BN di semua negeri dan pusat memang memalukan. Tetapi, masalahnya, duit itu sudah pun dibakar. Kalaupun kerajaan PR boleh mengambil alih Kerajaan Pusat esok, wang itu tidak boleh dikembalikan. Sudah bakar. Kekayaan tanah kita, yang dirogol teruk untuk berdekad lamanya, sudah berkurangan. Apa kekayaan yang tinggal, mesti digunakan dengan bijak…
Jadi apa nak dibuat sekarang?
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Di negara ini ada yang kaya dan ada yang miskin. Yang kaya sangat kaya, yang miskin sangat miskin. Ini tak baik, bukan sahaja dari segi agama atau moral, tapi dari sudut pandangan ekonomi juga situasi ini sangat tidak ideal, khususnya potensi ekonomi jangka panjang. Jadi, mustahak kami kurangkan jurang kekayaan rakyat kita.
Tapi saya janji… subsidi minyak TIDAK MEMBAWA KITA LEBIH DEKAT KEPADA MATLAMAT INI! Malah, lebih lama subsidi minyak berterusan, lebih besar lagi jurang kekayaan antara rakyat! Orang kaya lebih gunakan minyak berbanding org miskin; siapa yang bawak motor kapcai dan siapa yang bawa Nissan X-trail? Bukankah yg guna X-trail lebih banyak minyak dibakarnya? Setiap liter minyak dibakarnya, lebih banyak duit kerajaan dibakar… jadi kalau kita terus pakai subsidi, duit kerajaan dibakar membela ORANG KAYA!!!! Itulah satu sebabnya Malaysia ada jurang kekayaan terbesar di Asea Tenggara! Untuk sekian lama, BN gunakan subsidi minyak untuk TIPU rakyat miskin… seolah-olah beri RM1 kepada yg miskin, tapi beri RM10 kepada yg kaya. Saya rasa PR seharusnya tidak melakukan kesilapan yang sama.
Saudara2 sekalian, percayalah saya, bila kitaorang benci sangat subsidi, bukan kerana kita kaya dan kita tak kisah pasal orang miskin… sebenarnya, kita inginkan sangat jurang kekayaan dikecilkan. Harapan kita Malaysia ini jadi satu negara yang maju dan masyur dan semua rakyat dibela. (dan saya bukan kaya, tapi bukan miskin… middle-class agaknya?)
Pada fikiran saya, subsidi tidak harus diteruskan. Tetapi pada masa yang sama, beban rakyat mesti dikurangkan. Adakah subsidi satu-satunya kaedah untuk membantu rakyat miskin?
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Untuk pengetahuan sdr2 sekalian, saya ahli DAP, dan saya tak nak sembunyikan hal ini.
Saya menyeru sdr2 sekalian… timbangkanlah kaedah yang lain untuk mengurangkan beban rakyat, selain terus bengantung kpd subsidi. Sebagai titik permulaan, saya cadangkan cara DAP dipertimbangkan; budaya subsidi dihapuskan dan kaedah “wang ehsan” diperkenalkan. Kekayaan tanah disalurkan terus kepada rakyat melalui bayaran sekali setahun semacam bonus tahunan (DAP panggilnya “Malaysia Bonus”).
Cara ini berdasarkan prinsip ekonomi yang digelar “lump-sum wealth redistribution”. Prinsip ini baik kalau boleh dilaksanakan… masalahnya, implementation susah sangat… tapi jom kita cuba cari jalan? Tony Pua sudah memperkenalkan idea-ideanya di sini: http://tonypua.blogspot.com/2008/06/fair-wage-malaysia-bonus.html
Sebagai contoh:
The Malaysia Bonus shall be channelled directly into the worker’s EPF account and shall be available for immediate withdrawal.
1. Those earning less than RM3,000 per month but at least RM2,400 will receive RM300
2. Those earning less than RM2,400 per month but at least RM1,800 will receive RM600
3. Those earning less than RM1,800 per month but at least RM1,200 will receive RM900
4. Those earning less than RM1,200 per month will receive RM1,200
Pada pandangan saya, waulaupun rancangan ini belum sempurna, ia jauh lebih baik daripada meneruskan subsidi. Duit ini boleh digunakan oleh setiap rakyat mengikut keperluan individu dan keluarga masing-masing. Yg tak perlukan duit itu kerana dia pandai jimat, duit itu disimpan untuk anak2. Yg perlukan duit itu untuk beli ubat, belilah. Yg baru bersara nak pergi melancung, pergilah. Yg syok tengok DVD, belilah TV besar sikit (tak payah pergi pawagam, mau cari parking pun bakar minyak). Yg benar2 perlu guna banyak minyak, gunalah; tapi yg tak perlu guna banyak minyak untuk sara diri, janganlah, kan minyak mahal? Buat apa nak pergi merayau-rayau? Kalau minyak mahal mungkin masalah mat rempit pun hilang!
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Begitulah pandangan saya. Saya harap saudara semua boleh fikirkan usul ini. Bagi saya, penting untuk usul dikejar dan dibentangkan di peringkat akar-umbi. Kalau PKR, PAS, dan DAP bekerjasama atas usul ini, saya yakin rancangan yg baik boleh diatur. Kita mesti bertungkus-lumus menyediakan rancangan yang baik menjelang PRU akan datang, di mana saya yakin 80% rakyat akan memilih PR untuk Kerajaan Pusat jikalau kita boleh menonjolkan budaya politik di mana segala rancangan dikritik dengan terbuka supaya segala kekurangan boleh dikaji dan diselesaikan, bukan macam BN… bos cakap jer, yg lain duduk diam bodoh.
Itulah yang paling penting… bila BN dibuang, jangan kita ambik yang keroh pulak.
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Jangan buang masa DSAI, sampai bila kita nak tunggu DSAI ambil alih Kerajaan? kami tak mahu kerajaan KUKU BESI BN!
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Sy x kn menyokong orang yg hampir2 gadaikn negara!
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Ya, Pakatan Rakyat keluarkan fact sheet kaedah nak diguna pakai. Jadi kita boleh sebar dan hujah lebih kuat…Buat point by point agar mudah orang faham rasionalnya. Jika turun apa mekanismenya, apa sumbernya, berapa penurunnya, berapa tempohnya itu soalan-soalan meredakan kecurigaan rakyat pada politician….
Buat macam FAQ ke okay gak. Pecah dua satu siri soalan popular kerajaan dan jawapan, satu lagi apa Pakatan rakyat akan buat….
Oh, nak tanya kerajaan pakatan rakyat di selangor tak ada web rasmi ke? Mungkin dapat bantu mereka jawab isu-isu dalam serangan (kes babi, kes air, kes bantuan tak diberi)
Moga berjaya.
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We want change. UMNO-BN out now.
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rm625 setahun beretinya; satu hari kurang dari dua ringgit untuk kurang beban rakyat.Benar betul,kerajaan perihatin sungguh.kalau char koay teow pun rm4.00.subsidi utk rakyat hanya tak cukup utk char koay teow.Kekayaan malaysia seupama kekayaan amerika hanya nama sahaja.Rakyat hanya menumpang gembira,sedangkan rakyat dibebankan.Begitu susahnya kerajaan membantu rakyat sehingga formula char koay teow pun tak cukup.Rakyat2 kita harus bangun dari mimpi lagi,bahawa kerajaan kini tak lgi releven atau rakyat sudah ghaib.
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Cis! Laporan dpd Reuters, kat mana-mana pun boleh. Ingatkan Media UAE yang laporkan tadi…
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I left Malaysia with an unfinished wish to see the removal of these lot of
BN scumbags from the Governing this wonderful country, Malaysia. I earnestly hope Dato Seri Anwar you will make my dream come true! “Action speak louder than word.”
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DSAI,apa jadi dengan “A New Dawn for Malaysia”? Macam kerja hit and run saje..lepas pilihanraya dah tutup.
Usah la keluar negara lecture sana sini,interview sana sini….rakyat merana DSAI buat apa? Instigate rakyat buat demonstrasi jalanan saje pandai..
Kalau benar ada 40 MP tukar kerajaan sahajalah..kalau kerajaan PR kukuh lebih ramai akan datang usah risau tentang “comfortable majority”
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to misz felysya,
tak ada org yg pakse awak sokong Datuk Seri Anwar.. awak boleh sokong sape2 je yg awak suke.. nak sokong diri sendiri pun boleh… tak ada org kesah
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YAB DSAI
Jangan lengahkan lagi pertukaran kuasa ini, takut- takut nanti bila dah bertukar kuasa semua duit kerajaan Malaysia dah tiada lagi. Sebagaimana yang kita semua tahu ramai pemimpin UMNO dan BN sekarang ini padai buat silap mata. Silap haribulan tak pasal-pasal nak kena tanggung segala hutang yang ditinggalkan kerajaan UMNO dan BN.
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Semangat patriotik kepada negara akan wujud setelah DSAI memegang tampuk pemerintahan negara. Kini saya malu jadi warganegara malaysia dibawah pemimpin BN yang korup. Saya impikan pemimpin yg bersih seperti peribadi DSAI dan pemimpin lain dalam pakatan rakyat.
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saya musti pilih anwar berahem
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Kita rakyat malaysia harus bersatu padu menaiki basikal dijalanraya sambil mendengar lagu they say scar of broadway daron malakian…
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Hi Mr Int,
In response to your log on June 14th, 2008 at 1:17 am:
According to your plans you want subsidies to be abolished and introduce this ‘yearly bonus’ scheme.
But lets do more in-depth calculation:
RM 1200 / 12 = RM100 per mth
RM 900 / 12 = RM75 per mth
RM 600 / 12 = RM50 per mth
RM 300 / 12 = RM25 per mth
RM25 or even RM100 doesnt get you many items from the groceries at our current market when subsidy is still going on.
If the subsidies are abolished, RM100 can be deem worthless…!!!
I wonder what is the difference between your scheme and RM650 scheme from BN.
There is no attraction to those skilled or professionals whose income is above RM3000 to stay in Malaysia anymore.
If our income is above that bracket, we loose out on bonus, we pay higher tax than any other income group, but hello, we feel the pinch as well…
Why should we stay in MY when other countries are offering more money and prices are not as ridiculous ravaged by inflation as high as in MY?
Malaysia is supposed to be blessed with abundance.. so is it wrong for Malaysians to enjoy the bounty of the harvest in simple term, cheaper petrol prices?
I know you are still working on this calculation whatsoever, but i personally dont think you can justify the amount for rebate/bonus to malaysian based on income as you can never quantify the amount solely based on what we have enjoyed when everything in the market is relatively cheaper with the subsidy as we have enjoyed as a blessed nation…
I sincerely put this forth so that you will take my opinion, as a humble citizen, into consideration when proposing ideas to general public…
PS: I wouldnt mind the concept of DSAI about taking 20% of Petronas’ earnings and as subsidy for the nation. I think that is brilliant…
Prices of petrol goes up, our earning from petrol goes up, the amount of subsidy from 20% goes up. Vice versa. Petrol price in MY can still be stabilised. Now this is what i called the guru of economics… You must talk some convincing sense to the public as we the new generation of Malaysians are not ‘frogs in the well’..
Namaste,
Cedric
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UMNO lah yg mengadaikan negara selama ni! ternyata jualan pasir, minyak dan air ke singapure merugikan kita dan mereka dengan senang lenang sahaja menggunakan sumber alam kita!
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I hope it comes to materialise. Too much anxiety you know. How much I wish to see PR in Seri Perdana, insha Allah. Anyway, once you take over power insha Allah, pliz streamline all the ministries and create some news ones. I have these suggestions.
1. Decongest the PM’s Office (department) by seperating the ministries under that office. We have Minister in the PM’s Department in charge of Islamic Affairs, Parliamentary Affairs, Law Affairs, Economic Planning Unit Affairs, and etc. Therefore, decongest the office by creating:
a) Ministry of Religious Affairs, Awkaf and Hajj. (Rather than Minister under PM Department)
b) Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,,
c) Ministry of Governance and Parliamentary Affairs,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,,
d) Ministry of Economy and National Planning ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,,
It will help a lot and any failure on the part of these ministries will not be put on your shoulders as it is done since they are all blamed to be under the PM’s direct watch. Give these ministries to effective comrades and will do a superb job and deliver. God is with you.
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Datuk Seri,
You are an expert in economy.. you know the numbers.. you know the figures.. All the best.. We will support your plans to Putrajaya.. janji Malaysians will be taken care of..
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WE HOPE PR IS NOT LIKE NATO( NO ACTION TALK ONLY ). PR SHOULD TAKE OVER THE COUNTRY ASAP BEFORE THE WORSE BECOMES WORST. ALL THE BEST TO ALL WHO WANTS ‘REFORMASI’ , BY HOOK OR BY CROOK BECAUSE UMNO & BN ARE ONE OF THE BIGGEST CROOKS IN THE WORLD. THEY HAVE NO SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY & ARE TRAITORS TO OUR NATION.
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Hi Cedric, thanks for taking the time to reply to my comment.
I want to clarify one thing… what you described as “my plan” is not actually my plan, as I mentioned in my original comment, it is Tony Pua’s plan which I am suggesting we look at.
1) “RM25 or even RM100 doesnt get you many items from the groceries at our current market when subsidy is still going on.”
Okay, the exact values can be studied further, in terms of what the people need and how much the budget can allocate. The main thing is, the distribution should be based on needs.
2) “I wonder what is the difference between your scheme and RM650 scheme from BN.”
The difference is how one qualifies for the handout; it is not based on how big your engine is, it is based on how much income you make. It is more needs-based.
3) “There is no attraction to those skilled or professionals whose income is above RM3000 to stay in Malaysia anymore.”
This is a common criticism against any measure that attempts to “take from the rich to give to the poor”. The situation is not as simple as that; you can’t say just because the government wants to help the poor that it will antagonize the rich and they will run away. Many developed countries do have high taxes for the richer members of their community, and although it does lead to improper accounting practices in some cases, generally it gives the government a means to provide good public services… and the whole community accepts it.
More importantly, as I described in my previous comment, the present situation benefits the rich more than it benefits the poor. Do you feel this situation should continue? This will merely aggravate the large disparity in wealth that the country presently suffers. I am generally not in favor of measures that take from one group to give to another, but we have a runaway income disparity that must be treated.
If Malaysia wants to retain it’s talent, the solution is meritocracy… the best people getting the contracts, and doing a good job, and creating more jobs. Inflation is not pleasant, but it is not what kills someone’s love for their country.
4) “Why should we stay in MY when other countries are offering more money and prices are not as ridiculous ravaged by inflation as high as in MY?”
I don’t think that is actually true. Inflation is a problem in many parts of the world now, including the developed world. In some places not only is there inflation – on top of that people are losing their homes and jobs.
And once again, I feel it’s pointless trying to “address” the brain-drain problem without looking at the root causes:
a) lack of quality education, forcing some students overseas.
b) lack of meritocracy and efficiency when it comes to implementation of government initiatives.
To close the brain-drain, (a) and (b) must be addressed. Economic fundamentals are important too, but “low” inflation through subsidized petrol is, quite frankly, a lie anyway.
5) “PS: I wouldn’t mind the concept of DSAI about taking 20% of Petronas’ earnings and as subsidy for the nation. I think that is brilliant…”
By that do you mean you want petrol prices to be reflect market prices, but with a 20% discount? That proposal is not too bad… but won’t it still lead to rising prices of oil? So this idea is kind of a compromise between where we were and the ideal of market prices. But, the problem remains, that the biggest beneficiary of the discount would generally be the rich. Nevertheless, it can be an effective intermediary step.
Pumping Petronas profits into oil subsidies is very appealing because it represents a continuation of the status quo, but my point is those old practices are killing the country: e.g. the Gini coefficient, which does show my point that oil subsidies help the rich more than the poor, thus leading to a wide gap in wealth… the largest in South East Asia. There can be no justice in such a situation.
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DSAI adalah pemimpin yang tebaik untuk mengatasi masalah sekarang ini. Masalah remaja, barangan yang naik dan tidak mungkin turun disebabkan angkara Pak Lah, kita mesti perjuangkan DSAI bersama Pakatan Rakyat untuk menerajui negar abertuah ini. Kuih muih pada kadar 3 kuih tiap seringgit tidak mungkin dapat dikembalikan lagi. Hari ini, semua barangan naik dan kerajaan terlalu lemah untuk mengawalnya… Telor dan roti canai, nasi kosong dan nasi campur, harga makanan tidak dapat dikawal lagi…. jangan cerita tentang dadah dan maksiat….Buatlah sesuatu untuk negara kita….Salam Madanni.
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very good post
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How much do you pay for motor oil change?
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