- Anwar Ibrahim in 2008

COMMENT | Then-opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim repeated this startling undertaking at a campaign rally in the lead-up to the 2008 general election.

Although the Court of Appeal, in 2013, pronounced that an election manifesto is not legally enforceable - it continues to be published as a declaration of intentions, motives or views of individuals, groups, political parties, or the government, and many voters make their choices based on such promises.

The civil suit was brought by a group of single mothers who sought RM10.9 million in allowances because the Selangor government failed to fulfil its promises in a manifesto presented before the 2008 general election.

As for fuel prices, the issue has been dodging Anwar since...