A PKR leader has blasted Prime Minister Najib Razak for claiming the GST has saved the country from economic ruin, arguing the problem lies instead with the administration of the country.

“I strongly condemn the prime minister’s ‘brilliant’ statement, because nearly three years after the GST had been implemented, what we can see is the economy is increasingly sinking and the ringgit’s value has been on the decline..

“So where is the logic of his statement?” said PKR Terengganu’s Bandar assemblyperson Azan Ismail in a statement today...