No 'magic' in Pakatan's budget, says Zahid

Kamles Kumar Kamles Kumar Updated 7 years ago · Published on 2 Nov 2018 7:50PM · 4 Comments

Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says slashing projects only benefits the government and not the people. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, November 2, 2018.

BUDGET 2019 places more emphasis on increasing government revenue instead of handing out incentives for the people, Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said in rejecting the first national budget tabled by the new Pakatan Harapan government.

“There were no surprises or magic in the form of incentives for the people. There is no allocation for farmers and fishermen,” Zahid said in the Parliament lobby after the budget was tabled.

Zahid, who is also former deputy prime minister, added that slashing projects only benefitted the government and not the people. 

“We see that a lot of big projects have been scaled down. In this context, it doesn’t represent a form of savings. 

“That also goes for the efforts to increase government revenue. They are suggesting the selling of assets and this is a backwards move,” Zahid said.

Meanwhile, Umno’s Bung Mokhtar Radin said Budget 2019 was a copy of the previous Barisan Nasional budget.

“I do not see this as a new budget; they only changed the name. The rest of it is a continuation of the previous BN budget,” he said.

The Kinabatangan MP said he expected free education in Malaysia after RM60.2 billion was allocated to the Education Ministry.

“I want to see what happens with the education sector. Last time, the minister had said that if the allocation was RM40 billion, he would make education free. 

“Now, it has been increased to RM60.2 billion, so I would like to see if he will implement (free education) or not,” Bung added. – November 2, 2018.

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  • Sure sure.
    We dont do magic show like you magically created billiondollar arab ghost donor.
    Bodoh!

    Posted 7 years ago by Arshad Lazim · Reply

  • Why not use magic to make your 45 criminal charges disappear?

    Posted 7 years ago by Gerard Lourdesamy · Reply

  • Does that mean BN use magic for their budget?..

    Posted 7 years ago by Will Be Humble · Reply

    • Fatmama uses black magic

      Posted 7 years ago by Arshad Lazim · Reply