Malaysia’s Opposition Promises to Abolish GST in First 100 Days
- Opposition unveils a 60-point manifesto ahead of election
- Malaysia expected to hold 14th general election within months
Mahathir Mohamad
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Malaysia’s opposition has pledged to abolish a goods-and-services tax introduced in 2015 within its first 100 days in power if it wins a general election that must be held before August.
In a 60-point election manifesto released on Thursday, the opposition coalition -- known as Pakatan Harapan, or Pact of Hope -- also pledged to stop future prime ministers from serving more than two terms and bar them from holding multiple ministerial portfolios.