DESPITE making a U-turn on the decision to float chicken and edible oil prices, and hike up water and electricity charges, netizens are still livid at the Government and criticised them for being out of touch with reality for coming with the idea in the first place.
(Obviously, our leaders have no brains as they are making a U-turn now. No need to vote for this imbecilic Barisan Nasional leaders)
Echoing his sentiments, user BenPin added:
(Hiking prices now is basically asking for an electoral loss. People are not swayed with your calls on stability as they want to see how you handle crisis today)
Netizen Indah Basyirah retorted:
(Of course you won’t hike prices now due to the election but after that, you will come up with all sort of excuses to raise electricity and water charges and we will have to bear it for five years)
On June 21, the Government announced that it would remove subsidies for bottled cooking oil and lift the ceiling price for chicken and eggs and raise utility rates.
Following brickbats from many quarters, Putrajaya backtracked on the matter.
“The Government decided the price of chicken in the market will not be floated. The new ceiling price will be announced in the near future by the minister.
“And we will retain electricity and water tariff in Peninsular Malaysia as it is.
“This decision proves that the Government is committed to safeguarding the interest of Keluarga Malaysia so that they are not burdened with the rising cost of living,” Malaysiakini reported Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob as saying.
Public uproar work
It is to note that Ismail Sabri also got rebuked by his party UMNO for the earlier decision, adding the Bera MP should not make arbitrary decision on such matters.
On that note, user Fadhil Manjung said that if Pakatan Harapan and the public had not called out the Government for it, Putrajaya would not have rescinded on its decision.
Netizen Chee Song remarked:
(It’s good that you backtracked but can you tell us where the RM5.8 bil in subsidy is coming from? Don’t let our future generation bear the brunt of excessive debt) – June 25, 2022.
