KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 — The implementation of subsidy rationalisation must not under any circumstances compromise the livelihoods of the poor, while the economic reform agenda must courageously tackle issues of corruption and the leakage of national funds, stressed Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
The prime minister said that although rationalisation steps such as targeting RON95 petrol subsidies are important to ease the government’s fiscal burden and curb wastage, their implementation must take into account the reality of daily life for the majority of the rakyat who are still struggling to meet their basic daily needs.
“For me, the responsibility, the national pledge, the nation’s pledge, governance must guarantee that everyone has food to eat,” he said at the 14th Malaysia Madani Scholar Forum here last night.
