Kerajaan Pusat akan meneruskan subsidi diesel untuk menstabilkan harga dan merangsang pertumbuhan ekonomi di Sabah dan Sarawak, terutamanya dalam sektor pertanian, perikanan dan pengangkutan luar bandar. Menurut Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali, Menteri Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Kos Sara Hidup, pengumuman ini bertujuan meringankan beban rakyat di timur Malaysia yang sangat bergantung kepada diesel bagi aktiviti harian dan komersial.

Datuk Armizan menegaskan tanpa subsidi, harga diesel boleh melonjak sehingga RM3.75 seliter berikutan kenaikan kos bahan api global. Dengan subsidi, harga runcit kekal pada RM2.15 seliter—paras terkawal yang membantu pengusaha kecil, nelayan, petani serta operator logistik mengekalkan kos operasi yang berpatutan. Beliau juga memaklumkan kerajaan telah memperuntukkan RM1.09 bilion bagi menampung subsidi diesel di kedua-dua negeri sepanjang tahun ini.

Langkah ini mendapat sokongan padu kerajaan negeri. Ketua Menteri Sabah, Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor, mengucapkan terima kasih kerana pelanjutan subsidi diesel akan memperkukuh daya saing produk tempatan di arena antarabangsa. Sementara itu, Ketua Menteri Sarawak, Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg, menjelaskan inisiatif tersebut memberi manfaat terus kepada komuniti luar bandar yang memerlukan bahan api untuk keperluan harian, termasuk penghantaran barangan asas.

Selain menyokong sektor ekonomi utama, subsidi diesel turut memastikan bekalan elektrik dan air bersih di pedalaman tidak terjejas akibat kekurangan tenaga. Kerajaan menegaskan komitmennya untuk terus memantau pasaran dan menyesuaikan peruntukan subsidi jika perlu bagi mengekalkan kestabilan kos sara hidup di Sabah dan Sarawak.



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