GEORGETOWN, Jul 7 – DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng having a press conference yesterday at Komtar said goods and services tax (GST) will hurt Barisan Nasional in the next general election if it was still remains in an issue. He said based on a survey conducted by a university in Malacca might not be holistic enough to represent the views of the entire Malaysian population but many youths were unhappy GST for implementing the 6% consumption tax.
Although Malacca is a state was BN strong hold which is won the bigger poll there in last poll but now the sentiments of the people have been change due to economic problems such as the implementation of GST. In the survey, there were 434 respondents and there were 66% of youths and students at a mall in the state were unhappy with GST and responded that they would give their votes to the opposition to send BN a message.
Meanwhile, in the survey of the respondents were made up of 88% Malays, 5% Indians, 4% Chinese and the rest from other ethnics. CM Lim said that youths was unhappy and rejected BN because the cost of living was increasing by implementing of the GST.
CM Lim added said economic issues are everything in live. Now all we have are people who talk well but sweet talk will not give people good lives. Lastly, he hope that the new coalition to focus on making economic improvements, eradicating corruption and misappropriation, and increasing efficiency in the administration to give Malaysians better lives.
