00:00 "The government's mixed messages when it comes to plans for targeted fuel subsidies
00:06 will undermine investor confidence," says former UMNO Information Chief, Shahril Hamdan.
00:12 Shahril said conflicting messages about the government's economic management can unsettle
00:16 investors.
00:17 "On the night of the president's inauguration, the Minister of Economy gave a picture, more
00:22 than a picture.
00:23 He went to roll out, he has a meeting.
00:24 And I think the reality of the time of the day, he said it will happen.
00:28 When the PM, his boss, went to the international forum, the message was that the contra happened."
00:35 Podcast co-host Khairi Jamaluddin echoed this sentiment, saying that Anwar should not be
00:40 cagey about targeted subsidies since Rafizi had already signalled the market about the
00:45 planned sequence, starting with diesel and then petrol.
00:48 "It doesn't have to be said when specifically, but it can be said, it can be reiterated, it
00:54 can be reiterated that it will be done this year, or it will be done as late as possible
01:01 in the fourth quarter of this year to indicate that it's coming."
01:05 (dramatic music)
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