BY ERMIZI MUHAMAD
KUALA LUMPUR, OCT 25: The Pakatan Harapan’s 2018 Alternative Budget is realistic and doable is the coalition leads the country.
Chief Secretary of Pakatan Harapan Secretariat, Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah said the implementation of that budget can repeat Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s success as a cabinet minister reviously.
“We are actually facing an economic contraction in addition to increasing debt and corrupt practices.
“I think with such policy we may be able to restore the economy as what we had enjoyed during Anwar Ibrahim’s time.
“At that time, we managed to reduce national debt to the lowest level and a reduction in national budget deficit.
“So that is not impossible and can be done to ensure our economy is restored,” he said to reporters at the Parliament this afternoon.
Earlier, Pakatan Harapan’s Alternative Budget saw a proposed five core thrust focusing on long-term welfare initiatives for citizens.
Among them include abolishing the extortionary GST and free education in public higher learning institution throughout the country.
The Pakatan Harapan’s Alternative Budget was announced by Opposition Leader, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.
Pakatan’s 2018 Alternative Budget is realistic, restore economic strength
