COMMENT | The government’s move to consider expanding the MyKad-based targeted subsidy mechanism to diesel is no longer just an administrative matter. It is now a question of urgency and political judgment.

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s broader push for a more orderly and targeted subsidy system has given many reasons to hope that the government’s study of extending the same MyKad-based method used for RON95 to diesel will eventually lead to implementation.

People understand the government is operating in a harsher global climate shaped by war, supply disruptions and geopolitical uncertainty. They know Putrajaya is not making decisions under ideal conditions. That is precisely why this matters.

In difficult times, the public looks not only for explanations but...