Lim Guan Eng calls Budget 2027 Anwar’s ‘most reform-minded’ yet

DAP adviser Lim Guan Eng described Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's Madani Budget as the most reform-minded yet, addressing social safety and tax injustices.

Lim praised the budget's initial steps for future reforms, aiming to control living costs, support MSMEs, and boost household spending.

He urged for 10% of Bumiputera allocations to benefit non-Bumiputera communities without reducing existing funding, ensuring fairer money distribution.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 — DAP adviser Lim Guan Eng today described Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s fifth Madani Budget as the “most reform-minded” budget yet.

Lim, who is also Bagan MP, said expanding the social safety net to gig workers, persons with disabilities and senior citizens, providing more inclusive funding allocations and adjusting personal income tax rates to address past injustices were steps in the right direction.

“These initial steps of budgetary reforms give hope that there will be more future substantial meaningful reforms in the pipeline that will contain cost of living increases, creating sustainable economic growth especially for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and generating prosperity for all by ensuring that there is more money to spend for Malaysian households,” he said in a statement on Facebook.

Still, Lim said more needed to be done, particularly by allocating 10 per cent of total Bumiputera allocations to non-Bumiputera communities without reducing existing Bumiputera funding.

He said this would ensure a fairer and more equitable distribution of taxpayers’ money to non-Bumiputera communities, which he claimed previous governments had neglected.

Earlier, Anwar tabled the Supply Bill (Budget) 2027 in the Dewan Rakyat, outlining the government’s spending plans and direction for the coming year.

Themed “Malaysia Madani: Menggapai di Langit, Mengakar di Bumi (Reaching for the Sky, Rooted in the Ground),” Budget 2027 is the second Budget under the 13th Malaysia Plan (RMK13), which serves as the national development framework for the 2026-2030 period.

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民主行动党顾问林冠英称，首相拿督斯里安华·易卜拉欣的《马达尼预算案》是迄今为止最具改革精神的预算案，旨在解决社会安全和税收不公问题。

林冠英赞扬了预算案为未来改革迈出的初步步伐，旨在控制生活成本、支持中小微企业并促进家庭支出。

他敦促将土著拨款的 10% 用于造福非土著社区，同时不减少现有资金，以确保更公平的资金分配。

吉隆坡，10月9日讯——民主行动党顾问林冠英今日称，首相拿督斯里安华·易卜拉欣的第五份马达尼预算案是迄今为止“最具改革精神”的预算案。

林冠英（同时也是蒲甘国会议员）表示，将社会保障网扩大到零工劳动者、残疾人和老年人，提供更具包容性的资金分配，以及调整个人所得税税率以解决过去的不公正现象，都是朝着正确方向迈出的步伐。

他在脸书上发表声明称：“这些初步的预算改革措施让人看到了希望，未来将会有更多实质性的改革措施出台，以控制生活成本的增长，创造可持续的经济增长，特别是对微型、小型和中型企业（MSMEs）而言，并通过确保马来西亚家庭有更多可支配收入，为所有人创造繁荣。”

不过，林先生表示，还需要做更多的工作，特别是将土著拨款总额的 10% 分配给非土著社区，同时不减少现有的土著资金。

他表示，这将确保纳税人的钱能够更公平、更公正地分配给非土著社区，他声称之前的政府忽视了这些社区。

此前，安华在下议院提交了 2027 年财政预算案，概述了政府来年的支出计划和方向。

以“Malaysia Madani: Menggapai di Langit, Mengakar di Bumi (迈向天空，扎根大地)”为主题的2027年财政预算案是第十三个马来西亚计划（RMK13）下的第二个财政预算案，该计划是2026-2030年期间的国家发展框架。

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