Don't repay PTPTN loans, urges Anwar

Don't repay PTPTN loans, urges Anwar

"No need to pay, let them sue if they want! However, you must pay other loans, no need for PTPTN."

This was Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim's message to more than 10,000 people at a ceramah in his stronghold, Permatang Pauh, on Saturday night.

He claimed that, if the general election is called this year and Pakatan Rakyat conquers Putrajaya, the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) would be abolished within the year.

The loan scheme will be replaced by free education from the primary to tertiary levels for all Malaysians, he was quoted as saying by Chinese newspaper Sin Chew Daily.

He also reiterated that Pakatan would reduce fuel price just one day after the new Pakatan government is formed.

To back his claim, Anwar cited the example of Turkey which produces no oil. Yet its government to

ok only two years to provide free education from the primary to tertiary levels.

As such, he argued, there is no reason why Malaysia, which has abundant oil revenue, cannot emulate Turkey.

The issue of PTPTN became contentiouswhen the opposition said it would scrap the corporation should it come to power, because the state-funded loan scheme has become a burden for many graduates.

BN has claimed that abolishing PTPTN would deny students from low-income families the opportunity to enroll in universities.

However PKR, the party that has spearheaded the anti-PTPTN campaign, argued that Pakatan will have the ability to provide free tertiary education if it forms the federal government.

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

SOURCE:    http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/199860

 

 

 

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"民聯執政就廢除"‧安華促勿還高教貸款

 

（檳城‧大山腳3日訊）國會反對黨領袖拿督斯里安華促請人民不必償還高等教育基金。"不必還，要告就告啦！但是，其他債要還哦，高等教育基金就不必。

 
 

安華週六晚在高巴三萬瓜柏拉湖花園草場演講時說，如果大選在今年舉行，民聯在今年贏取政權，廢除高等教育基金貸款就在今年進行，不必等到明年。

 
 

他說，民聯一旦執政中央就會廢除高等教育基金，為全馬各族人民提供小學至大學免費教育。

 
 

他說，鄉村居民更不應該償還高等教育基金，因為政府本該以貸款方式給於貧窮鄉民教育基金。

 
 

安華也說，民聯一旦在大選中贏取中央政權，會在成立政府並宣誓就職後，隔日就宣佈降低油價。

 
 

他形容這不是國陣的方式，但民聯政府可以做到這一點。

 
 

首相拿督斯里納吉曾抨擊民聯執政隔日降油價的承諾是搞民綷，不可能做到。

 
 

他說，土耳其沒有石油收入，因此它用了2年的時間，做到小學至大學免費教育的政策，擁有豐厚石油收入的我國沒有理由做不到。

 
 

講座會吸引約萬人出席，講台、場地條幅設計和音響設備，都遠比以前的演講會佳。

 
 

主講人也通過銀幕播放短片和照片，讓民眾對演講內容更深刻和瞭解。

 
 

講座會也通過網絡電視直播。