Najib 'eggs' minister over rising living costs
PARLIAMENT | Former premier Najib Abdul Razak (BN-Pekan) today took aim at the Pakatan Harapan administration over its apparent failure to curb rising living costs, reminding a minister of his promise to monitor the market price of eggs.
"If you can't even control the price of eggs, then don't even hope you can control prices of other things...
PARLIAMENT | Former premier Najib Abdul Razak (BN-Pekan) today threw the price of eggs back at the Pakatan Harapan administration over its apparent failure to curb rising living costs.
"If you can't even control the price of eggs, then don't even hope you can control prices of other things," he told the Dewan Rakyat in his debate of the royal address.
"If you want to control the price of basic goods, please (first) control the price of eggs.
"When the minister previously announced at a large press conference that the price of eggs had gone down by 2 sen, today the price of 3A eggs is close to 50 sen per egg."
Najib was referring to Putrajaya announcing in December last year that the price of eggs had gone down by 2 sen, after an initial rise of 10 sen.
Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Salahuddin Ayub had given assurance that egg prices would stabilise and supply will be sufficient during the festive season.
He reportedly said egg distributors have agreed to reduce prices by two sen at the farm level, for the various grades of eggs.
At the time, Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail had also sarcastically thanked Najib for his efforts in monitoring the price of essentials.
Najib meanwhile today also took a swipe at Harapan's reported plans to investigate the price hikes at two popular fast food chains in the country.
"So I want to conclude now. It’s just that when price control was promised, the minister responsible promised to investigate the reason as to why the price of KFC and McDonald’s increased.
"However until now, we have not even heard about the outcome of the investigation," he said in reference to an outcry over price increases by both fast food chains.
Najib had previously used the increase in KFC prices as an example of how the sales and services tax (SST) was less transparent than the goods and services tax (GST).
Najib in a Facebook post at the time said this was based on KFC's own explanation that the reported price increase on its popular menu items was due to the inclusion of the SST.
QSR Brands (M) Holdings Bhd, the company that owns the fast-food chain KFC, however later clarified its statement with regard to the price adjustment of its products had been misinterpreted.
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