Najib: My decisions based on long-term interests

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said he is prepared to place the nation’s long-term interests before his own short-term popularity when it concerns the country’s economic health.

Explaining the importance of the ongoing subsidy rationalisation and the move to introduce Goods and Services Tax (GST), the prime minister said the measures should be seen as part of a phased programme to further strengthen the country’s finances.