Dalam berita bertajuk "Differing views on price policies" NST semalam melaporkan:


Pertama kali saya baca, terus saya rasa itu laporan bohong atau disalah petik. Tak mungkin ada orang PAS yang begitu pandir, bengap, bangang serta menyokong kenaikan harga minyak itu.

Tetapi, saya termenung seketika, mungkin benar ada jurucakap kerajaan PAS yang bercakap begitu. Kalau benar dan kalau orang itu juga pemimpin PAS di mana-mana peringkat, beliau sebenarnya telah melanggar polisi dan pendirian parti serta..... (malaslah nak tulis). Saya masih berharap beliau disalah petik.

Tengah-tengah tertanya-tanya tu, nasib baik terbaca pula berita The Star semalam bertajuk "Khalid: Rebates a must to cushion impact of higher fuel prices". Antaranya, akhbar itu melaporkan:

In Kota Baru, PAS plans to discuss with fellow Pakatan Rakyat parties to send a strong protest to the Government over the increase in petrol prices and electricity tariff.

PAS vice-president Datuk Husam Musa said the two increases would cause a decline in productivity at the macro-economy level which would eventually affect the national economy.

He said the Government should come up with another mechanism to counter the world fuel price increase.

He urged the Government to make public all dealings of Petronas besides disclosing the profits that Petronas made from the current world prices.

“Transparency will put to rest suspicions about the Government’s move to raise fuel prices,” he said.

Husam said Malaysia remained a net exporter of oil and the jump in revenue derived from higher world prices should be able to subsidise fuel prices.

He said that road tax should be abolished instead of only allowing consumers to enjoy rebates upon renewal.

“The Government earns around RM5bil from road tax. PAS is convinced there are other ways to address the issue of rising fuel price,” said Husam.