COMMENT The decision by the BN-led federal government to reduce the subsidies on petrol and diesel by RM0.20 is being made at the wrong time since the rakyat is still struggling with the high price of essential goods, the cabotage policy in the case of Sabah and coupled with the introduction of the impending Goods and Services Tax (GST) next year.

This reduction of subsidies would definitely push the already high price of essential goods even higher and will affect people in the urban areas and interiors of Sabah and Sarawak the most.