'How dare the PM say GST a blessing to rakyat'

comments     Anne Muhammad     Published     Updated

PAS Youth today took Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to task for daring to say that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a blessing to the rakyat.

"The prime minister can't use the excuse that it was fortunate that he instituted the GST. How can he sat that this thing (GST) is a blessing when from the viewpoint of the religion (Islam), it is clear that taxing the poor is wrong," PAS Youth chief Nik Abduh Nik Aziz told reporters today.

He said his party rejects the prime minister's argument as it has no grounding, adding that it is “just an attempt to assuage the rakyat”.

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