12 hours post fuel price hike
Thursday, June 5th, 2008 | 3:37 pm @ SK
12 hours after the fuel price hike comes into effect, based on the responses gathered so far, the sentiment is awful.
I can safely assume that Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s reputation has gone down the drain and as a person, he may just go down in Malaysia’s history as the most unpopular Prime Minister.
Personally, I’d say that Pak Lah did the right thing at the wrong time. When fuel price was in the rise since many months ago, as general election was looming that time, hence due to strategic reason and the necessary feel good factor, he wasn’t in the position to increase the price. Fair enough, every single politician will do that.
When the Government realized that continuous subsidy system is going to be detrimental to the nation’s financial health as a whole, Pak lah chose to go for broke.
However, as unfortunate as it may sound, instead of inccesant increment in the pump price, he did it in one shot, worsen by the hike of electricity rates, hence the compounded impact which I was talking about last night.
Now, he is paying the price. The level of dissentment is in the rise. The rakyat are in the panic mode, embracing the already deteriorated lifestyle ever since the Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak advised fellow Malaysians to change the lifestyle in view of high living cost nowadays. KLSE is screwed upside down, with N-% wiped off from the market as of now. Fomca warned the Government to be prepared to face the consequences, especially possible increase in the crime rate. Disabled groups are shouting for help.
In short, the move came as a shock to the entire nation. It’s going to take some times before the wound recuperates or I’m afraid it’s not going to recover in the near future.
Eventually, as Pak Lah reiterated to the public after the announcement of the petrol hike, he said it’s imperative to change lifestyles. I reckon that this time around, changing lifestyle is no longer an option. It’s a must, it’s for real without the subsidy system, do-or-die.
Nevertheless, albeit the melancholy in our own back yard, it’s our Singaporean friends who stand to become the biggest beneficiary, instantly.
June 5th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Kill Pak Lah! Send him to hell! Fuck his entire fucking family!
What I feel, if my 6th sense is right, is that Uncle Lah is stepping down soon, so it’s go for broke, and try his best to Korek as much as he could together with Khinzir Jantan!
Fuck it!
June 5th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
confidence level with the current administration was already very low, and now the mismanagement of this whole thing..
June 5th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
June 5th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
What I can’t understand is why he had to lie about the date of the hike.
Noticed our politicians are good at telling lies, reverse their statements and deny their comments when the heat is turned on them?
Why can’t they own up and take responsibilities like a true gentleman?
When will we see the light when we have people like these running our country?
By now, a lot of us are very sceptical of the things they say…………..
June 5th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
memerlukan sokongan untuk menuntut Subsidi Makanan
http://sebolku.blogspot.com/2008/06/hanya-138-bilion-sahaja-untuk-kupon.html
June 5th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
This guy is mismanaging our country. Do you know that with the increase in electricity tariffs my organisation has to fork out an additional RM 3 mil per year? How can Malaysia be competitive anymore??
June 6th, 2008 at 4:59 am
He deserves all the dissent he gets!
June 8th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
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June 12th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
1.Harga minyak terpaksa dinaikkan ekoran harga minyak di peringkat
antarabangsa melambung tinggi.
Kenapa pula Malaysia perlu sakit. Sedangkan Malaysia negara pengeluar
minyak bukan pengimport minyak.
Kalau harga minyak dunia naik maka negara kita akan bertambah kaya.
Analogi
yang lain, kalau kita ada dusun durian, tentu kita dan keluarga gembira
kerana harga buah durian mahal.
Anak kita boleh makan dengan puas dan kita pula boleh dapat wang banyak.
Tetapi pemimpin BN-Umno pula pelik apabila harga minyak dunia naik,
rakyat
pula menderita terutama mereka yang berpendapatan rendah.
2.Harga minyak kita lebih murah jika hendak dibanding dengan negara
Asean
yang lain.
Jangan banding dengan Thailand, Indonesia. Perlu banding dengan Brunei
kerana harga minyak di negaranya RM1.20 seliter.
Buah Oren dengan epal tidak boleh buat perbandingan. Perlu dingat juga,
walaupun Indonesia, Thailand minyaknya mahal, tetapi barang keperluan
harian dan pakaian serta barang yang sudah siap murah seperti makanan,
pakaian, alat perabot semuanya murah.
Di negara kita semuanya mahal daripada minyak sampai kepada keperluan
yang
lain. Yang murah hanya maruah pemimpin Umno-BN sahaja.
3. Minyak di Singapura lebih mahal daripada Malaysia.
Singapura bukan negara pengeluar minyak.
Tambahan pula pendapatan rakyatnya tinggi, contohnya pencuci lantai gaji
hampir RM2000 ringgit di Malaysia, hanya RM600. Begitu juga pengangkutan
awam antara yang terbaik di dunia, di Negara Malaysia Hadhari paling
teruk.
Di negaranya tol hanya dikenakan waktu tertentu sahaja, sedangkan di
Malaysia siang malam, ‘non stop’.
4. Wang subsidi petrol RM56 bilion akan digunakan untuk pembangunan.
Kita
hendak tanya ke mana wang subsidi ini akan pergi.
Adakah hendak belanja untuk Monsun Cup yang menghabiskan wang rakyat RM
250
juta, Formula 1 yang berapa kerat rakyat yang mampu hendak menonton.
Sedangkan belanja untuk Formula 1, tahun 2004-RM98.4 juta, tahun
2005-RM110.7j, 2006-RM121.8j, 2007-130.5j.
Belanja konduktor Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra sebanyak RM3.5 juta
sebulan yang diambil daripada wang Petronas. Apakah ini yang dimaksudkan
untuk pembangunan.
Ketika minyak naik 30 sen kerajaan mengumumkan RM4 bilion subsidi akan
digunakan untuk memperbaiki pengangkutan awam. Kita tidak nampak
pengangkutan awam bertambah baik malahan makin teruk.
5. Ucapan lidah bercabang pemimpin negara, kesian rakyat kerana minyak
naik. Ucapan hanya hendak menyejuk hati rakyat.
Kalau mereka kesian kepada rakyat mereka mesti memikirkan masalah
rakyat.
Pak Menteri tidak kisah elaun dan gaji hampir RM56 ribu sebulan. Minyak
naik RM5 seliter pun mereka tidak kisah.
6. Pemimpin Umno-BN berkempen supaya beli barang murah.
Kita hendak tanya kedai mana ada jual barang murah. Kalau ada barang
keperluan yang murah boleh dibeli di pejabat Umno baguslah.
7. Hendak ambil tindakan kepada peniaga yang jual barang mahal.
Pemimpin Umno/BN kata jual dengan harga lama masih untung. Mana ada
peniaga
hendak jual barang murah kalau modal sudah mahal.
Kalau minyak naik, semua barang akan naik, kerana barang bukan bawa
dengan
beca roda tiga.
Persatuan Lori sudah mengumumkan bahawa mereka akan naik tambang kos
pengangkutan 35 peratus. Kerana lori 10 tan dulu hanya perlu untuk
minyak
RM3000 sebulan sudah mencecah naik kepada RM5000.
8. Kenyataan pemimpin Umno yang hendak membodohkan rakyat supaya jangan
marah apabila minyak naik.
"Kita bimbang sekiranya minyak murah rakyat tak cermat dan minyak akan
kurang,"kata Perdana Menteri.
"Belanja secara berhemah,"kata Datin Rosmah Mansur.
"Ubah gaya hidup…membazir Islam marah,"kata Dato’ Seri Najib.
Datuk Seri Shahidan Kasim sewaktu minyak naik 30 sen dulu dia suruh
pegawai
kerajaan naik basikal.
Saya hendak cadangkan supaya pemimpin Umno-BN ambil cermin suluh muka
baru
boleh nasihat rakyat.
Inilah rupa pemimpin yang memerintah negara kita hari ini. Ya Allah
selamatkanlah negara.