Saturday July 12, 2008

Anwar unsure if fuel duel will go on

SEREMBAN: With three days to go, PKR adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said he is unsure if Tuesday's debate on fuel prices with Information Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek would go on.

“There is a possibility it will not take place but I hope it will,” he said.

The debate organised by news portal Agenda Daily and themed “Form The Government Today, Reduce Fuel Prices Tomorrow” is scheduled to take place at Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.

Anwar said he would reveal his formula to reduce fuel prices during the debate.

“(It’s) not that the reduction will make prices at par with those in Venezuela but it will be a reduction so that people can get by.

“We are not making empty promises, boasting or lying to overcome the problem,” he told a ceramah.

Anwar said the Barisan Nasional government had mismanaged the economy to the point that the people were burdened with the prices of fuel and goods.

“The country has to be saved to benefit all the people.

“It’s a question of our future, not Anwar’s,” he said. – Bernama.