No price reduction for petrol despite world oil price falling

Is this the same PM the nation elected 3 years ago?
Is this the voice of a "caring" government?

NST 27 March 2007:-:
"PETROL and diesel prices will not go down although the price of crude oil has fallen.

Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the price of crude oil was still unstable and unpredictable.

'Because of that, the government does not plan to reduce our petrol and diesel prices,' the prime minister, who is also finance minister, said.

All sums received by the government from Petronas is put into a combined provident fund and used by the government in the nation’s management and development expenses in the annual budget for the benefit of the public."

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