Report card: Pakatan’s most memorable deeds in Year One
Even though the 700-sq ft PPR flats were tiny and sparse, the residents were full of warmth and generosity; they even invited me and my colleague for a meal.
While 160 countries have implemented consumption taxes like VAT or GST, Malaysia is one of 41 nations that does not have that tax after PH went back to the sales and services tax .are North Korea, Myanmar, and many African states.RM20 billion gapAs a result, PH was forced to implement new taxes like the digital tax, departure levy, and tax on sugar-sweetened beverages that will only contribute to more expensive goods and services.
We do not know yet if the ECRL will end up a white elephant or spur development in the East Coast. Whatever the outcome, it will have a significant impact on Malaysia, for better or worse.This is not the sexiest topic, but PSCs are crucial to parliamentary democracy as they empower backbenchers and Opposition MPs to hold the government of the day to account.
By the end of PH’s first term, Parliament should have a PSC for each ministry, if not every major government department.Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim sometimes signs off his press statements as PH “de facto leader.” The PKR leader and Port Dickson MP is in a rather peculiar position, given that he is touted as Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s successor within a vague timeline of two years, two and a half years, or midterm.
Dr Mahathir won the 2018 election for PH and successfully transitioned the country to a new government. It is Anwar’s job now to set Malaysia’s course for the next four years and provide absolute clarity on PH’s vision and policies.
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