Najib denies 'GST for 1MDB' allegation by Dr M

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has denied allegations by Pakatan Harapan chairperson and former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad that the goods and services tax (GST) was implemented to cover debts incurred by 1MDB.

Yesterday, Mahathir had said 1MDB’s debts had effectively been taken on by the public through higher taxes, including the GST.

“To say that the GST stems from the failures of the administration is a lie. Mahathir does not care (about lying) as long as he gets to topple the government.

“I hope Malaysians will reject (such) lies that are only aimed at garnering support, that have no regard for the country and the people,” Najib said in a blog post on his personal website today, adding that 160 other countries had implemented the GST as well.

Najib said the GST was necessary to cushion the shortfall in national revenue from the drop in oil prices globally.

He had given a similar explanation in May when responding to the opposition’s proposal to abolish the GST.  

“In 2014, global oil prices started falling... and national revenue fell more than RM40 billion, an amount that would have forced many services to be stopped.

“The GST was needed to ensure that services and basic facilities could still be continued. Till today, the rakyat’s quality of life has been maintained because of the GST.

“The truth is that no tax is ever popular no matter the development and services that come as a result of the tax,” he explained.

In a tirade against Najib yesterday, Mahathir had questioned if Putrajaya was “out of money” and therefore incapable of fulfilling 1MDB's debt obligation to Abu Dhabi's International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC).

Mahathir, a former finance minister himself, also expressed his suspicion that Putrajaya's decision to issue an RM2.5 billion bond was related to 1MDB's missed US$602 million (RM2.57 billion) payment to IPIC.

Second Finance Minister Johari Abdul Ghani has denied speculation that the bond, to be issued on Aug 4 with a 20-year maturity period, had anything to do with 1MDB.

He said it was a normal bond used to finance the expenditures of a government in a deficit position. - Mkini

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