Netizens today questioned the action of the Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA) to increase the FELDA president’s allowance amid the issue of rising prices of goods and subsidies for pure bottled cooking oil to be abolished starting July 1.
Through a tweet from a Twitter user with the name Unauthorized Factsit is understood that a meeting will be held today to discuss the increase in Felda chairman’s allowance from RM300,000 to RM480,000.
Apart from that, the official car will also be exchanged for a new one and will be added with a car allowance of RM18,000 per month.
Did you know that today there will be a General Meeting of FGV, a subsidiary of FELDA.
What is the meeting agenda?
1) The president’s annual allowance is increased from RM300,000 to RM480,000.
2) The official car will be exchanged for a new car allowance of RM18,000 per month.
Cooking oil is no longer subsidized. pic.twitter.com/08YrTGk3tK
— Facts Not Auta (@FactsNotAuta) June 22, 2022
“Did you know that today there will be a General Meeting of FGV, a subsidiary of FELDA? What is the meeting agenda?
“1) The President’s annual allowance is increased from RM300,000 to RM480,000.
“2) The official car will be exchanged for a new car allowance of RM18,000 per month.
“Cooking oil is no longer subsidized,” the Twitter user said.
Since the tweet was made, it has received more than 1,000 responses and 700 comments from netizens.
Most comments questioned Felda’s decision to increase his president’s allowance amid rising commodity prices and oil subsidies due to be abolished.
18k per year utk car expenses, at least 2000cc yekk.. Hummm 🤔
It must not be a local car, like a local service car for 2000cc mur mur heh .. 😌— Sha AlShagoff 𓂆🇲🇾🇵🇸❤️ (@HuaLiSha) June 23, 2022
Why add to the president’s fun? You better help the settlers again. The happy ones are still happy, the bottom ones, hmm
– ZeaKavinsky (@nieylsajiehaa) June 23, 2022
Actually, there is a need to really increase the allocation for all of this, with the subsidy having been abolished 😌 for the progress of the nation of Malaysia…
– ThirahhhZ 🐨 (ratnurathirahzhrn) June 23, 2022
Deme is the most affected. I can’t afford to buy chicken, I can’t afford to buy eggs again. There was not enough money to ask for an increase in living allowance
– Maejaaaaa✨ (maejaaaa) June 23, 2022
Remove the cooking oil subsidy so that BOD Felda, FGV can increase the high allowance wage2. Ba alif ba ya!
— Joe Reacher (@joe_reacher8) June 23, 2022
Since this statement was made, FELDA has not issued any statement.
A few days ago, the government announced that as of July 1, the subsidy for pure packaged cooking oil of two to five kilograms will be eliminated and the subsidy for a one-kilogram package of cooking oil will be maintained.
The reason behind this action is to ensure that the food supply in the market is more stable in the long term and to further stabilize prices, Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi said, according to reported by Daily News.
“Actually, the pure cooking oil subsidy program for this bottle is only temporary. During the implementation in 2021, we did it in a period of only three months, namely August, September and October.
However, at that time the government thought that we should continue and that is why it has been implemented until now. Now the government feels it is time to revoke it so it can focus on helping those in need.
“The government can provide more specific assistance, however all forms of assistance will be detailed by the Ministry of Finance,” he said.
