Dr M: Pakatan Harapan to review GE14 manifesto
Ida Nadirah Ibrahim
Malay Mail14 September 2018
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad addresses a press conference at Menara Yayasan Selangor in Petaling Jaya September 14, 2018. — Picture by Shafwan ZaidonMore
PETALING JAYA, Sept 14 — Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government will need to review its GE14 pledges.
He said some of the pledges would impose great losses if implemented.
Putting the blame squarely on the shoulders of the previous government for certain roadblocks that made implementation difficult, Dr Mahathir said the promises made need to be re-examined.
“We found some of our promises in the manifesto have raised many problems.
“So there needs to be a study or we need to tell the Pakatan government to review the promises, which we made at a time when we had believed we would have lost,” said the Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) chairman, after chairing its Central Committee meeting, here.
“But we won, so now the restrictions are imposed on us.”
Among the 10 pledges for the first 100 days of the PH administration that have yet to be fulfilled include increasing the current minimum wage to RM1,500, deferment of National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) loan repayments for those with an income below RM4,000, and abolishment of Felda settlers’ debt.
Dr Mahathir had previously said some of the promises cannot be executed due to the RM1 trillion national debt that was left behind by the previous government.
The government has already fulfilled some of the pledges, including the abolishment of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), stabilising the petrol price and reassessment of mega infrastructure projects, such as the Malaysia-Singapore High Speed Rail, East Coast Rail Link and Mass Rapid Transit 3 (MRT3) projects.
PETALING JAYA: Umno will not be accepted into Pakatan Harapan (PH) even if the Barisan Nasional (BN) component party works with Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR).
This was the vow made by PH chairman Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in response to media reports that Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz had voiced his intent to help PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim campaign in the Port Dickson by-election.
“Even if Umno works with PKR, we will not accept them (Umno) into PH. If normal Umno members wish to join PH, we can accept. But not as a party (Umno) joining PH,” he said.
Dr Mahathir, who is also PH component Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia chairman, was speaking to the media after chairing the party’s leadership meeting at the party headquarters, here, today.
Yesterday, Nazri, initially via his wife, Datin Seri Haflin Saiful, had voiced support for Anwar in the Port Dickson by-election.
The Padang Rengas member of parliament said he was ready to campaign for Anwar on the grounds of fighting in Umno’s interest and opening the way for Umno to return to government.
Additional reporting by Mohd Iskandar Ibrahim and Lokman Ariff Abdul Karim © New Straits Times Press
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