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Promise 6: Abolish Tolls

Companies that have been given the concessions by UMNO and

Barisan Nasional are enjoying high profits. For example, MAJU Holdings
had offered to take over the PLUS concession without increasing toll charges

for 20 years. If the concession is not profitable, how can MAJU Holdings

offer to take over without increasing charges?

But UMNO and Barisan Nasional is allowing these concessionaires, like

PLUS, to oppress the people while they reap the profits, even though they
are a government linked company. UMNO and Barisan Nasional has no

intention to stop the increases in toll charges. In fact, the agreement that
they signed had forced billions of taxpayers’ money to be paid as

compensation to these selected companies. Even if the toll charges are not

increased, these companies continued to reap profits from the lopsided
agreements.

Pakatan Harapan believes that the monopoly of these selected
concessionaires must be stopped.

The Pakatan Harapan Government will review all highway concession
agreements. We will renegotiate to obtain the best value for money for the

people so that we can take over the concessions with the ultimate view of

abolishing tolls gradually. We believe that infrastructure like roads and
highways are the responsibility of the government for the people.

The Pakatan Harapan Government will provide fair compensation to the
affected companies.

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