Who is identified as the mastermind behind the push to bring back GST?

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Datuk Seri Najib Razak is identified as the mastermind behind the push to reintroduce the Goods and Services Tax (GST).

DAP deputy secretary-general Liew Chin Tong has alleged that former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is the driving force behind the current calls to reinstate the GST. Liew drew a parallel between this situation and the events leading up to the 2008 general election, where a significant petrol price hike was partly blamed for the electoral defeat of then-prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
Najib Razak's Alleged Role in Past Political Events

Liew pointed to Najib Razak's position as the chief advocate within the Cabinet for the fuel price increase that preceded Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's political downfall. Following this decision, Najib Razak ultimately succeeded Abdullah as prime minister on April 3, 2009, a sequence of events Liew highlighted as a pattern of behaviour.
The Push for GST Reintroduction

Liew questioned the current proponent of bringing back the GST, directly naming Najib Razak. This assertion comes amid broader concerns raised by DAP and other opposition coalitions regarding the potential impact of reintroducing a consumption tax during a period of global inflation.
Economic Concerns Regarding GST

Liew described the proposal to reintroduce GST as "madness," characterising it as a regressive tax that disproportionately burdens lower and middle-income families. He argued that the current economic state of Malaysian households is not robust enough to support such a tax, noting that a significant portion of the population earns low wages and a substantial percentage is considered poor, with only 16.5 per cent of Malaysians currently paying income tax.

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