KUALA LUMPUR: PAS handed over a memorandum addressed to the Dewan Rakyat Speaker requesting for a special parliament session to debate the fuel price hike and its effects on the people.
PAS youth chief and chief whip Salahuddin Ayub said the party hoped that the Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia would consider the request and grant one or two days for the session.
"For the sake of the rakyat, we hope that the Speaker would call for the special session early next week," he said, adding that there would be a peaceful walk from Kampung Baru to KLCC on June 13 in protest against the price hike.
"The steep increase shocked the people because it was the first time petrol price increased by 78 sen a litre and diesel increased by RM1 a litre," he said.
Although fuel price has touched US$135 (RM444) a barrel, it should not be an excuse to increase the price up to 41% because Malaysia is an oil-producing country, he said.
The Government announced the price hike last Wednesday following a cut in fuel subsidy, increasing the price of petrol from RM1.92 per litre to RM2.70 and diesel from RM1.58 per litre to RM2.58.
Salahuddin handed the memorandum to the Parliament administrator Datuk Kamaruddin Mohamed Baria who received it on behalf of Pandikar Amin.
The memorandum was faxed to Pandikar Amin at 12.15pm, he said.
"The Speaker will decide whether there would be a special session," he added.
LOH FOON FONG
Star Online
09/06/08
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