KUALA LUMPUR, 25 Oct: The Pakatan Rakyat leadership’s concern on the reduction of subsidies and the implementation of the goods and services tax (GST) has been finally answered after the Budget 2014 was announced by Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
Overall, PR leaders slammed the budget which was presented and is of the opinion that the tabling this time did not give full attention on the development aspirations of the people.
The following is a brief reaction from several PR MPs:
Member of Parliament for Marang, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang:
“Overall, the tabling of the budget this time does not take into account the people. What is only taken into account is revenue for a government that is not balanced in the increase of tax and revenue to address the problem of inflation.”
Member of Parliament for Kuantan, Fuziah Salleh:
“I was intrigued by the Green Foundation and I think their first task is to shut Lynas.
“I see that there is little allocation for women, only RM100 million and this is not sufficient. Furthermore, there are no programmes for women, the same as last year, programmes for women directors and so on, compared for what we suggested in the Pakatan Rakyat Budget.”
Member of Parliament for Lembah Pantai, Nurul Izzah Anwar:
“There is nothing new in the budget this time. We are worried that Malaysia will be ‘Shopping and Fashion Heaven’ with the government’s desire to attract tourists to come for shopping in Malaysia.
“What is important is infrastructural development, especially in Sabah and Sarawak, which we can see and not just hear about.”.
