PROSPERITY, SOLIDARITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE WITH PAKATAN RAKYAT

Achieving Prosperity through a Fairer Distribution of Income

Recognising the  many  hardships  faced by and sacrifices made  by the majority of the  rakyat, oppressed by unjust  income  distribution,  Pakatan Rakyat pledges to:

• Engender a paradigm shift in the mainstream discourse  away  from the UMNO/BN  obsession with corporate equity  shareholdings to one that revolves  on concrete and measurable targets  that  focuses on actual household income. The 30% Malay/Bumiputra equity target obsessively defended by UMNO/BN  has been  hijacked by the  very  same  elites defending it. These equity targets means nothing to the majority of Malays/Bumiputras, still trapped in poverty after 53 years of UMNO/BN rule.  We propose using  household income  targets; targets that will directly impact hundreds of thousands of Malaysian families earning less than RM1,500 per month.
• Investigate and take action against the plunderers  of the  rakyat's wealth; stolen  in the name of championing the interests of the Malays/Bumiputra, including the scandalous loss of shares worth RM52
  billion allocated to the elite and cronies.
• Continue non-discriminatory direct assistance schemes for the rakyat as a means of equitable wealth redistribution, including welfare inspired schemes such as free water, old folks and single mother assistance.
• Defend the rakyat’s right to petrol and basic household subsidies so long as corporate subsidies to independent power producers and concessionaires remain.
• Champion the interest of the poorest, regardless of race with household incomes under RM1,500  per month. We shall  strive  to provide a minimum household income of RM4,000 per month for every household in Malaysia within the first 5 years of a  Pakatan Rakyat  government. This is achievable by way of implementing a series of policies which will raise incomes and  create  job opportunities  to ensure that every household will be able to have more than one member in employment. These policies will include the implementation of a minimum wage, employment laws which will allow women to work from their homes, training schemes to transform and upgrade the skill-sets of the Malaysian workforce, and  entrepreneurial  assistance free from discrimination.
• Provide and guarantee food security for all and ensure  reasonable food prices. Within the first two years of taking power at federal  level, to reduce the nation's dependence on food imports.

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