Malaysian prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has said that fuel prices in Malaysia are now lower than those in Qatar and Saudi Arabia, reported New Straits Times.
Anwar said that the price of fuel in Saudi Arabia stood at 50 sen per litre when he called for fuel price reductions before becoming prime minister, and that RON 95 petrol in Malaysia now stands at RM1.99 per litre (through the Budi Madani RON 95 (Budi95) petrol subsidy programme), whereas the price of petrol in Saudi Arabia has since risen to over RM2.40 per litre, he said.
The statement by Anwar was in response to Hulu Terengganu member of parliament Rosol Wahid, who recalled Anwar’s remarks criticising then-prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak regarding fuel prices.
“The United Arab Emirates (UAE), a major oil and gas producer, also raised its fuel prices two months ago. So these are the economic realities that have changed. If it is said that my earlier promise was that fuel prices must be lower than Saudi Arabia’s, that promise has been fulfilled,” the prime minister said.
Earlier this month, Anwar said that the Malaysian government’s spending on fuel subsidies will approach RM40 billion this year, or more than double the RM15 billion that has been allocated under Budget 2026. The increase in subsidy allocation had allowed the government to continue offering RON 95 petrol at the present subsidised rate of RM1.99 per litre, the prime minister said.
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greedy, you cant have everything . either you want cheap petrol, or high salaries. but not both.
Why? Purchasing power matters right? You think people here bising so much if our purchasing power now was the same as what it was in the 80’s?
like i said you cant have everything . for example singaporean have strong purchasing power because of their strong SGD currency , so buying a phone or eating out or travelling for vacation is cheap for them. but dont forget their 1. HOUSE and 2.CAR are way way more expensive than malaysia
Keep talking all this to justify the broken promise wont make u a hero, just focus on doing the proper task instead of keep bragging own flaws!
Everytime, giving out some tiny mini good, then taking back in big time afterwards! giving good news first, then all the damn bad stuff follow up next…. after some backlash, then come out some tiny mini good news!
stop doing all those irrelevant press con to waste time talking all the very same bs! just do the talk, when the result it good, peoples can see!
now people can only see shit!
to be fair , the whole world is experieicning a energy crisis due to the recent middle east war . malaysia is one of the rare few countries who had managed to maintain petrol prices.
why we doesn’t so call “TO BE FAIR” to the previous gov and the other b4? so there’s no global crisis back then?!
yes but to be fair in the 60 years since malaysia idnependnce no other government managed to give BUDI95 cheap petrol and cheap diesel , except PH. the fact that DSAI managed to maintain budi95 even in the face of middle east war should be recognized as a incredible feat .
did Anjib or Mahathir or Badawi or Muhyddin give budi95 when they were PM ?
No wonder u no brain! why persist on budi95?! when its just a branding, go google or survey urself! find the info on what the price of petrol was before bs on ur “to be fair” nonsense!
In case u r lazy to be fair, the price during najib was once at rm1.60, so come out more excuse! i already know what bs u gonna come out next! To be fair that is how those blindly support ppl always find excuses to justify themselves
Here’s an idea for Singapore to claim they have the cheapest petrol pump prices in the world. Sell for S$0.05 per liter. Wow! Cheapest in the world! But.. only for a monthly quota of 5 liters a month. After that it’s back to normal price per liter.
But just mention about 5 cents per liter, cheapest in the world. That’s all that matters by Anwar’s standards.
to be fair , 200 liters is more than most malaysians use per month. the statistics prove it . and those statistics are compiled by civil servants graduated from uuim/uitm/mara/mrsm and they have the highest level of integriry and capability combined with skillful knowledge.
So do the gov show the statistic?! and all this so call statistic only from their mouth, and no one ever seen any statistic, and no report ever shown to the people! should we “TO BE FAIR” to all this shit?!
you also said it yourself, more than most.. not more than all. how about those who are falling short and just hanging by a thread?
Dear PM. Petroleum are country resources. It was there before u were PM. We are net exporter. We still pay RM1.99/litre. Yes Gov have to subsidies the difference with market price but the profit still go to Petronas and Petronas still belong to government (left pocket and right pocket). Kindly enlighten and correct the perception of the normal citizen like us with actual the big picture if I am wrong. I do welcome the mykad 300 litre system to plug leakage of subsidised oil. But to limit 200 litre and so on I think it’s a bit too much. Kindly move on. Just revert to GST with lower % than 6th Prime Minister. It’s the most fair tax collection system from my observation around the world. At the same time lower people income tax. Lower income tax meant more people are happy to comply with income tax. I think regarding this Singapore is doing very well. Local business sentiment
Is very low now. Ur great GDP is more or less from AI/Data Centre. GDP figure are no more a reliable measurement number for overall local Malaysian. It no longer work like 80 where jap come to invest and local got the contract… it’s much less % now
Malaysia Boleh.
About 90% of Malaysians use less than 200 litres of RON 95 petrol per month, and most drivers are unable to finish their monthly subsidized quota.
if you can’t even afford 1.99/l petrol, toll, parking, please don’t drive. i would be so happy to see lesser traffic on the road.
future sejarah subject will refer him to be bapak 1.99. cool, lost sapot nevermind, as long as future kids can remember him.