Petrol price drop: Yet another flip-flop!
Friday, August 22nd, 2008 | 9:46 pm @ SK
On Wednesday, the PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the government will announce the new fuel prices on Aug 31 which will take effect on Sept 1.
Pak Lah, being famous of its flip-flop stance ever since his appointment as the fifth PM, once again live up to its reputation as the "Flip-Flop King" when the Government today decides to slash the petrol price for 15 cents, a minor drop from RM2.70 to RM2.55 per litre.
(Let’s hail the undisputed “Flip-Flop King”, but for now, let’s not digress from the main topic, we’ll leave this topic for another day!)
The new price will be effective beginning midnight, leaving this blogger as well as many other average joe out there jubilated over this latest development.
But the question is, why now since September 1 is merely about 1 week plus from now? Is Pak Lah starting to show his desperateness to garner more votes for the BN’s candidate Arif Shah Omar Shah?
The timing of the drop is so perfect as the Permatang Pauh by-election slated for next Tuesday, which is also a do-or-die for BN, especially for Pak Lah to know that if BN is to lose this battle royale, his position as the PM and plan to retire mid 2010 will be jeopardized.
Then again, how effective this apparent politically motivated move is going to swing the votes in favor of BN instead of the PKR’s Anwar Ibrahim who promised to drop 50 cents of petrol price immediately after he forms the next new Government?
My verdict: It’s going to create a slight drop of votes for Anwar, however it’s not going to be severe enough to affect Anwar’s winning chances. I’m sure Permatang Pauh’s constituents (and all Malaysians) are welcoming the move from the Government, but smart enough not to take up the bait.
As the say goes, take the money, but vote consciously. The future of this country lies in your hands and an opportunity for reform doesn’t come by everyday, so let’s focus and do not deviate from our original mission in seeking for a new Malaysia agenda.
Meanwhile, let’s put our hands together and hail our latest "Flip-Flop King", one and the only one in Malaysia!
August 22nd, 2008 at 10:54 pm
On contrary, I believe this move, along with the kidnapping of badminton player to by-election campaign camp, will further shift the votes to Anwar.
Only fools will think such moves will garner more support. It’s an insult to our intelligence.
August 25th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
I was waiting for him to flip-flop on this and well, as expected, he live up to expectation. I guess that’s the only thing that he’s good at!