Govt subsidy cut only for T20, don’t make this political: PM

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KUALA LUMPUR – The move to cut government subsidies only affects the rich or T20 group and that too is at a minimal rate, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

“The subsidy reduction only involves the rich T20 households. Can’t they do with less subsidies?

“I have to take away some from those well off in order not to burden the poor,” he said during Minister’s Question Time at the Dewan Rakyat sitting here today.

He said this in reply to a supplementary question from Radzi Jidin (PN-Putrajaya) on the decision to reduce government subsidies following the fall of the ringgit.

Citing the electricity subsidy as an example, the prime minister said 90% of the people will not be affected by the reduction, as it only has an impact on T20 households with big houses.

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