‘PM, we’re hurting despite the low cost of living’

Najib: Cost of living in M’sia lowest among Asean countries

Anonymous 539281478077880: Sorry, PM Najib Abdul Razak, I won’t agree to your “words” (that the cost of living in Malaysia is the lowest among Asean countries).

We are experiencing hardship. How can you say the cost of living is low here? Stand in our shoes and you would know the real truth as to how we are living. Many are doing extra jobs or second jobs to meet our rising cost of living.

Our PM has got the cheek to say that the cost of living is the cheapest among the Asean countries. Actually it’s the other way round. I think the election campaign had started.

Just a Malaysian: A plunging ringgit makes cost of living comparisons across countries favourable for Malaysia. But as the finance minister, he should relate it to our income level which has stagnated over the years.

On the balance, Malaysians are in worse shape today and are suffering to live from day to day.

Najib is unwise to pick on one-sided data and boast about it. It makes the pain even more unbearable.

Anonymous #40538199: Is this fake news? Household debt in Malaysia was the highest in the region, at more than 89 percent of GDP, compared with 16 percent in Indonesia, according to a report from Nomura Holdings Inc.

Senior Citizen: Yes, to the foreigners it is darned cheap because with a dollar you can get RM4.50. The Singaporeans are spending happily here. Even the Thais and Indonesians are laughing.

But to the Malaysians, the suffering can be seen in this Zunar cartoon.

Ipoh Pp: The cost of living may be lowest in Asean but it’s the highest in Malaysian history.

Shibboleth: “Lowest cost of living”… maybe. What about standard of living?

Two key reasons why Harapan will win GE14

Joe Lee: Writer Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman is way too optimistic. Alleged gerrymandering and the government machinery will once again prove to be a winner for Umno.

Plus even if Pakatan Harapan wins, Umno may pull out one or two tricks out of the bag, just as they did in overthrowing the legitimate Pakatan government of Perak a few years ago.

MCA, MIC and Gerakan may do badly, but Umno will again be the government after the next election. Will the only solution be for many more Malaysians to leave the country?

Anonymous_1421806811: Two things need to happen for the opposition to win.

1) After 60 years of political and religious indoctrination, demanding loyalty to political leaders and the us-versus-them mentality, the mindset of the Malays, especially rural Malays needs to change.

2) Umno-BN still has the money and machinery to ‘buy’ votes. Cash is king, according to Najib Abdul Razak and we have seen how PAS seemingly became a slave to Umno when money is involved. This has to be stopped.

Hopefully, the ‘RAHMAN’ prophecy will be fulfilled.

Anonymous Hotplate: Maybe former PM Dr Mahathir Mohamad might know how to ‘fight’ back using Umno’s tricky ways to overcome all these as he had been with Umno before and knows Umno’s dirtiest tricks to win the Malays.

Somehow Pakatan Harapan must win this election to save our nation and Malaysians. Enough is enough.

Sarawakian: Syed Saddiq, I am still waiting for an apology from Mahathir. Without a heartfelt apology from the person responsible for our troubles, Pakatan Harapan can forget about winning GE14.

And don’t forget – Dr M must admit to the Malays that he was wrong to demonise DAP. Only when more Malays accept DAP as a patriotic party can Harapan carry the day.

SAM98: Let’s not give up without a fight. We must all understand that Umno is its own worst enemy. It’s supposedly inherently greedy.

Politicians will reveal themselves, as if our people don’t see them for what they are. Pakatan Harapan must persevere in educating the rural folk.

NNFC: Although this is the best scenario, I would caution everyone not to be overconfident. The current government didn’t get there by playing fairly and you can be assured that the dirtiest tricks will be played again and again.

Prudent: The last mile, dude, remember the last mile. The last mile is:

1) The alleged phantom voters – can they be prevented from voting? Illegal immigrants may perhaps be used;

2) The security of the transfer of ballots to the counting centres – ensure that opposition votes are not discarded and Umno-BN votes are not added;

3) The security of the vote counting itself – ensure that electoral agents are not forced out of the counting centre as happened in Tapah in GE13.

4) The actual announcement/returning of the winner by the returning officer. The actual winner who has the most votes may not be returned by the returning officer. The defeated candidate may be returned as the ‘winner’ instead.

The opposition candidate who actually won will then be asked to appeal to the electoral court. The electoral court may then strike out the appeal based on a technicality – end of matter.

The last mile dude. Don’t forget the last mile.

Tmf: Just my gentle reminder, for the sake of this country of ours, don’t just struggle to win the election but also remember the much-needed reformation of our structure of governance.

Let’s hope that we are not just changing ‘pirates’ if the opposition win GE14.

Anonymous #00830595: Very well said, Tmf. Winning an election is one thing but the bigger responsibility is not making the same mistakes the current coalition has been doing for the past six decades.

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