SERDANG: The government’s fiscal discipline has not come at the expense of the people or the states, including those under the opposition, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
He said the administration had successfully reduced the country’s fiscal deficit while continuing to raise wages and increase allocations for all states.
“When we took over, the deficit was 5.6 per cent.
“In the first year, we brought it down to 5 per cent, then 4.1 per cent. This year, it is 3.8 per cent. That is a record.
“Wages have gone up. It is not that we cut the deficit and wages went down.
“We cut the deficit, but spending for all states has gone up, including states led by the opposition such as Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu,” he said during the Majlis Amanat Perdana held in conjunction with the National Day Celebration 2025 at MAEPS here.
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