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The 41% jump of 78 sen to RM2.70 per litre of petrol on 05 June announced by the Badawi administration is harsh to the extreme.
More so when Malaysia is a net exporter of petroleum. (Please study chart below to compare our petrol price with other oil producing countries.)
Courtesy of malaysiakini
The prices of everything will be affected and the rakyat will suffer when their salaries have generally not increased since the last financial crisis in 1997.
The prices of essential items like rice, fish, eggs, chicken, flour, sugar, cooking oil and condensed milk, etc. have already shot up drastically. With the same amount of money in hand, the rakyat can only buy less. This means families will have less to eat when it comes to food. The damaging effects of the high petrol price on the cost of housing and transportation are also two other looming worries which will crush heavily on the rakyat in the days to follow.
The Badawi administration, it seems, is insensitive and is prepared to let the rakyat suffer by increasing the price of petrol exorbitantly. The rakyat want to speak up and let the sleeping prime minister wake up to their problems. But the police and the lame duck prime minister himself have gone to the mainstream media and told the public not to protest. The question for this week then, is …
As a citizen of this country, do you think it is just and fair for the police and the prime minister of Malaysia to prevent the people from collectively voicing their hardships to their government in public so that measures can be taken to alleviate their problems?
Soalan Mingguan WR Anda #13
Pengumuman pentadbiran Badawi bahawa kenaikan harga minyak sebanyak 41% iaitu sebanyak 78 sen kepada RM2.70 selitre pada tanggal 5 Jun amatlah membebankan semua.
Lebih-lebih lagi apabila Malaysia adalah pengekspot bersih minyak (sila meneliti gambarajah di bawah yang membandingkan harga minyak kita dengan negara-negara pengekspot yang lain)
Harga semua barang akan dipengaruhi dan rakyat jelata akan sengsara kerana pendapatan mereka secara amnya tidak meningkat banyak semenjak kegentingan kewangan tahun 1997.
Harga barang keperluan seperti beras, ikan, telor, gula, minyak masak dan susu pekat dan sebagainya sudah melonjak besar. Dengan jumlah wang yang sama di tangan, rakyat jelata hanya boleh membeli barangan berkurangan. Ini membawa maksud bahawa makanan semua keluarga kena dikurangkan. Kesan buruk kenaikkan harga minyak adalah pada harga rumah dan pengangkutan yang akan menindas kuat ke atas riwayat rakyat jelata pada hari-hari yang akan datang.
Pentadbiran Badawi nampaknya kurang peka dan sedia membiarkan rakyat sengsara dengan membenarkan kenaikkan harga minyak besar-besaran. Rakyat jelata mesti berani menyuarakan perasaan mereka untuk membangunkan perdana menteri yang kuat tidur dan tidak memahami masalah-masalah rakyat. Tetapi pihak polis dan perdana menteri yang pincang itu menerusi media umum telah meminta rakyat supaya jangan membuat bantahan. Oleh itu soalan untuk minggu ini adalah….
Sebagai warganegara negara ini, adakah adil dan wajar untuk polis dan perdana menteri Malaysia ,melarang rakyat jelata berkumpul dan menyuarakan kesengasaraan mereka kepada pihak pentadbiran secara umum dengan hasrat supaya tindakan-tindakan tertentu boleh diambil untuk mengatasi kesengsaraan mereka?
