Media statement by Rajiv Rishyakaran, State
Assemblyman for Bukit Gasing and DAPSY Assistant National Publicity Secretary
on Wednesday, 1st October 2014 in Petaling Jaya
BN raises RON95 & Diesel prices as
real fuel cost drops
For a government touting to care about the rakyat, Barisan Nasional
& PM Najib sure gets its priorities wrong. Oil prices are on the down
trend if the RON 97 reduction in September are a gauge. The price of RON 97
dropped by RM0.10/litre less than a month ago on September 9th, the
cheapest it has been in the last one year.
Despite that, the government is now increasing the RON 95 prices
by RM0.20 to RM2.30 at midnight, at a time when there is no clear need for
the government to slash subsidies. In fact, the subsidy bill for RON 95 would
already have been lower than initially projected with the overall downtrend in
fuel prices.
This will hit hard the already struggling lower and middle class group. As
is common knowledge, that every time there is a RON95 or diesel price increase,
prices of everything else goes up in tandem. These prices, once up, never will
come down.
BN needs to justify and show us the need to reduce the subsidy. Where is
this savings being channeled to? What we need to see is serious eradication of
corruption, and proper practice of open tender to best use the tax payer
ringgit before increasing the burden on the ordinary folk.
