Gov't guarantee for RM2.5bil MAS sukuk worrying


The supervision will be increasing a volume of federal liabilities by guaranteeing a whopping RM2.5 billion debt by Malaysia Airlines, warned DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng.

The sukuk programme announced by a inhabitant carrier will further display typical Malaysians to higher debt risks if a carrier does not use its debt requirements, Lim, who is also Penang arch minister, said in a matter yesterday.

lim guan eng talk 260512 03The volume of government-backed debt stood during an strange RM96.9 billion in 2010, a 14.9 percent enlarge from RM84.3 billion a year before, Lim said. The figure for 2011 is still not available.

"If contingent liabilities have been included, a government's debt bearing will enlarge by RM97 billion in 2010.

"Malaysians contingency recollect that there is a day of reckoning for debts borrowed to be repaid.

"Ultimately, a typical people have been a ones to pay for all these debts, particu! larly wh en Malaysia goes bankrupt," said Lim, who is a trained accountant.

Earlier, Malaysian Reserve reported that a MAS sukuk was expected to be government-backed as neither Ratings Agency Malaysia (RAM) or Malaysian Rating Corp Bhd (MARC) have been involved in a rating exercise.

Government debt ballooning


Lim said that on top of a MAS sukuk, a supervision was also guaranteeing a RM2.24 billion loan for a West Coast Highway as well as during least RM20 billion for a Klang Valley MRT project as well as multiform alternative projects.

"These loan guarantees have been debt exposures to a federal supervision that contingency be enclosed in a total debt figures," he said.

Lim no ted that these total did not take in to comment a on-budget debt, that was also on a climb from RM266 billion in 2007 to RM456 billion in 2011- an enlarge of 71 percent - resulting in a flourishing bill deficit.

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak vowed to top a federal debt during 55 percent of GDP as well as revoke a bill deficit, that last year stood during 4.7 percent of a GDP.
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