The Malaysian government’s plan to implement the RON95 petrol subsidy rationalisation programme has been delayed due to a need for a more detailed review of the mechanism, communications minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil has said, reported The Star.
The government is fine-tuning every aspect of the policy to ensure that its implementation will not adversely impact the public, the communications minister said, adding that prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had addressed the matter with members of parliament during a recent government retreat.
“The prime minister expressed his view that he does not want the implementation of any policy to negatively affect the majority of the rakyat. It is this process of fine-tuning that has resulted in a slight shift in the timeline,” Fahmi said.
The announcement of the rollout delay comes after second finance minister Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan said that the RON 95 fuel subsidy rationalisation programme was in the final stages of preparation.
The plan to rationalise fuel subsidies is part of the government’s reforms aimed at curbing leakages, and to ensure that high-income groups and businesses contribute more fairly to national revenue, the second finance minister had said previously.
At present, RON 95 petrol has been capped by the Malaysian government since February 2021 at a ceiling price of RM2.05 per litre. Currently, the price of unsubsidised petrol as sold by fuel retailer Double Petrol is RM2.83 per litre as of today, July 21, 2025, or 78 sen per litre higher than the current price cap.
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