By Amin Ridzuan Ishak
GOMBAK, Nov 5 — Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari has announced the Jelajah Ehsan Rakyat roadshow selling affordable basic necessities in Selangor will continue until March 2023, instead of ending next month.
He said the decision was made to help more consumers who are being affected by the rising costs of goods at present.
“We will increase Jelajah Ehsan Rakyat’s allocation, some of which will be contributed by state-owned subsidiaries and from the Selangor Agricultural Development Corporation (PKPS) which runs the initiative,” Amirudin said during a programme with the people at Kampung Sungai Salak, earlier today.
The sale offers a variety of goods like standard chicken at RM10 per piece, fresh solid beef at RM10 per pack, and eggs at RM10 per tray.
Other items include mackerel and selayang fish at RM6 per pack, 5kg cooking oil for RM25, and 5kg rice for RM10.
The state government has allocated RM10 million to realise Jelajah Ehsan Rakyat in all 56 state constituencies, originally slated to run from September 6 to December 6.
The Menteri Besar, who is also Pakatan Harapan’s candidate for the Gombak parliamentary seat in the ongoing 15th general election (GE15), said he is ready to share the state government’s recipe of selling affordable essential goods, should the coalition win GE15.
He added that Putrajaya is now perceived as having failed to deal with the spiralling costs of living which have engulfed the people, despite establishing various committees like the Special Jihad Task Force to handle the matter.
Amirudin pointed out the task force was seen as reacting slowly to this, whereas the Selangor government utilised its existing resources to travel to 300 localities to sell affordable basic necessities.
“It is still not as comprehensive and is slow at the centre, hence why we took a short-term measure (by organising affordable goods sales)
“Nonetheless, it is necessary that we take long-term measures, so the issue (of rising costs) can actually be resolved once we have Putrajaya in our hands, along with the allocations,” he said.
