A car is a necessity, My Bung!
More voters voted for PR than BN
in the last election. This means more people supported PR's policy of immediate
decrease in fuel price upon taking federal power as promised by Annuar Ibrahim.
Unfortunately, due to the unfair constituency delineation and weightage
practice, PR won more seats but BN won the government and so gone was the
chance for Malaysians to enjoy lower fuel price.
BN has always been described as Barang Naik, so it is just a matter of
time that the spend, spend, spend government would announce fuel increase as
the Prime Minister did two days ago.
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| Speaking to the media |
Many netizens have sarcastically described Najib’s announcement as BN’s Merdeka
gift to the people or as reward to those who had supported BN in the last
general election.
Though I have said that it was just a matter of time that BN government
would announce the fuel increase,Najib’s announcement still came as quite a surprise
to me and many people.
In fact, when news circulated that there would be an increase of RON 95
fuel price, many had dismissed the news and said that fuel increase would only
affect RON 97 which is used by big cars.
Many could not believe the increase
would involve RON 95, which is used by small cars.
I was surprised too by the timing and quantum of the increase.
Logically, aPrime Minister who is facing Umno election soon will at
least postpone the increase announcement as this is after all not a measure
that will gain him more votes. On the contrary, he may just lose some
popularity.
The quantum of increase is also too steep and is bound to have chain
effect which will burden the people.
So the big question is why has Najib introduced the untimely steep
increase at the risk of losing some support among Umno members?
Why the austerity drive now? Will there be more new taxes?
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| Kula addressing the crowd |
Electricity tariffs and Goods and
Services Tax next?
Najib should tell the public the true reasons for the steep increase at
this time and the real situation of our economic health.
Is the nation going to face more woes? What are the subsidy
rationalization plans for the next 5 years?
Kinabatangan MP Bung Mokhtar has been most insensitive when he tweeted 2
days ago the following:-
“Petrol
prices have gone up, but it surely would not burden the rakyat as the only
people with big cars are prominent figures who can afford it. Kampung people
don’t have car”.
I shall
not add more to the amount of criticisms which have been leveled at him by the
public except to quote the following remarks made by a Tweeter ayeemin who scathingly said: “A
car is not only for the rich. Today, it is a necessity. But having two wives is
only for the rich.”
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