In view of rising inflation, which reached a high of 4.5 percent in February, PAS urged the government to reduce the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate to cushion the rakyat from rising prices.

"PAS urges the GST rate to be reduced in line with the rising inflation. Since inflation rose 1.3 percent in February from January, it is only appropriate that GST be reduced from 6 percent to 4.7 percent," said its deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man.

He added that the rise in inflation was not surprising given that with the recent record increase in the prices of fuel and its cascading effect on the price of goods, which could only end with the rakyat having to pay more.