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Kebenaran yang dinyatakan olih Pembangkang , disahkan olih Khairy Jamaluddin, menunjukkan bertapa kerajaan mendahulukan 'keuntungan syarikat besar' dan memastikan bahawa 'kantung rakyat' mesti sentiasa 'kosong' agar senang dicucuk hidung.
Bagi Kerajaan 'rakyat hanya membebankan' dan menyusahkan'.
“Why should the people, especially lower-income groups, bear the pain of paying RM3.3 billion annually in increased petrol prices if no action is taken against those political bandits who steal the nation of RM51 billion annually?”
He also said that Putrajaya should instead tackle the subsidies given to private companies such as independent power producers (IPPs), which is estimated to be around RM13 billion per year.
"This means corporate subsidies given through gas to industries and IPPs is almost the same amount as petrol and diesel subsidies given to the people," the Pandan MP said, saying that fuel subsidies for the public came up to around RM14.8 billion out of the annual overall fuel subsidies worth RM24.8 billion.
"That is why PKR maintains our opposition to any fuel price hike as long as corporate subsidies are not restructured because it is unfair to punish the people who are already struggling to cope with financial strains when the cronies and corporate sectors are untouchable," Rafizi had said.
Umno youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin had on the same day suggested that Putrajaya cut down on corporate subsidies, saying: "We also want the government to revise the subsidies given to big companies, like gas subsidies for instance.
"We believe the subsidy rationalisation programme must be shared by all parties and not only (cut) subsidies meant for the public," Khairy, who is also a member of Najib's Cabinet, had told reporters.
Anticipating a public backlash, the Najib administration said it will announce measures to ease the burden of the lower and middle-income group in the 2014 Budget, including the possibility of increasing the amount of the 1 Malaysia People's Cash Aid (BR1M) from the current RM500 and RM250 for low-income households and single adults respectively.
Fitch Ratings had in July downgraded Malaysia’s “A-” credit outlook from stable to negative, citing lack of reforms and weak public finances.
In a statement on Tuesday, Fitch said the fuel subsidy cut was not enough to alter the negative outlook, saying that sustained reforms and a broadening of the revenue base through a goods and services tax (GST) were necessary to make a difference to the country’s credit profile.
Eyes are now on the additional measures expected to be taken in the 2014 Budget that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is scheduled to table on October 25.
Ikhlas dari :- Cahaya Al Majid
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