PSM urges gov't to implement universal basic income-type programme

Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) president Dr Michael Jeyakumar said the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government appears ready to spend money to boost the economy in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic but it needs to do so effectively in order to help everyone in the country.

He suggested one of the ways the government could achieve this was by providing a modified universal basic income (UBI) to anyone who does not currently have a source of income.