Don’t downplay seriousness of national debt


Prime Minister and Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim must cease using selective framing and misrepresenting concepts to downplay the seriousness of the national debt or to claim undue credit.

The public deserves transparency, especially amid rising inflation, an increasing cost of living, and growing economic hardship. Urgently needed are concrete, revenue-generating economic policies, not a continued reliance on tax increases and subsidy reductions that add financial pressure on the rakyat.

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