Anwar’s False Promise on Fuel Prices

asiasentinel - [...] Self-proclaimed prime minister-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim now claims that he will revert, when he takes over of course, to the previous fuel oil prices. If he fails to do so, he says, he will resign immediately as prime minister. Anwar's latest pledge comes after the Badawi government dramatically cut fuel oil subsidies on June 5.

Anwar is feeling even more "high" than usual since the new fuel oil prices appear to have hastened what he expects to be his takeover of the government, now set to take place by Sept 16, Malaysia Day, at the latest. An earlier date hinted was Aug 31, National Day or Hari Merdeka, Malaysia’s Independence Day.

This is not the first time that Anwar has grossly misled the public in making pledges by referring to his "credentials" as a former Finance Minister for so many years. In the run-up to the March 8 general elections and in its aftermath, Anwar promised the oil-producing states of Terengganu, Sabah and Sarawak that he would increase up their current royalty of 5 percent to 20 percent, and at one stage even 40 per cent, if and when when his Opposition Alliance was to seize the reins of power from embattled Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's mortally wounded Barisan Nasional coalition.... selanjutnya.