Najib has increased the national debt, not Pakatan, says Dr Mahathir

Yasmin Ramlan Yasmin Ramlan Updated 8 years ago · Published on 13 Mar 2018 4:09PM · 5 Comments

Pakatan chairman Dr Mahathir Mohamad has shot back at Prime Minister Najib Razak for claiming that the opposition will increase national debt to RM1.1 trillion if it takes power, saying that it was Najib who had increased the national debt. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Kamal Ariffin, March 13, 2018.

IT is the Najib government that has increased the national debt to its present level said Dr Mahathir Mohamad today.

The Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman said there was no basis to Najib’s claim that the opposition would increase the national debt to RM1.1 trillion if it came to power.

“The national debt went up during Najib’s tenure as prime minister. Our work is to reduce the debt.

“What is the basis for his claim? When I was in government, was the national debt this high?” he asked, rebutting Najib.

The Najib, who is also finance minister, had said today Malaysia would be RM1.1 trillion in debt if PH took over the federal government.

He said the opposition pact’s election manifesto, which promised to abolish the goods and services tax (GST) and existing tolls, would plunge the nation into RM416 billion further in debt on top of the existing RM685 billion debt.

“If that is all taken into account, the national debt will increase and inflate to RM416 billion, with the existing debt, it becomes RM1 trillion.

“The opposition wants to claim that we are increasing the national debt, but their manifesto is even more drastic.

“This will be the debts that we will inherit and you guys will be the ones who are going to be paying back after this,” Najib told students at Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) which was broadcast on Facebook. – March 13, 2018.

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  • Tun , i must admit i was not a fan of yours while you ruled the country , but i believe it isn't too late for me to change my opinion towards you . Get the thief and save our country . LONG LIVE TUN !

    Posted 8 years ago by Zureen ariff · Reply

  • those debts to chinese can be settled thorough land grab by the chinese

    Posted 8 years ago by Leslie Chan · Reply

  • I think we have misunderstood Najib’s expiation about the national debt. He was preparing PH to inherit RM 1.1t debt when Pakatan takes over.

    Posted 8 years ago by Red Cicak · Reply

  • GST is an income, not a debt. No GST no income, that is what will happen. Saying no GST results in higher debt. This is absurd!

    Posted 8 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

  • Mahatir is instrumental in launching Ketuanan Melayu and Islamization. If he returns as PM - he, his family members and cronies will curi makan worse than Najib and the 40 thieves.

    Posted 8 years ago by Chris Ng · Reply