Nurul Izzah said governments across the world were responding to the fuel crisis with urgency, tightening consumption, building buffers, and preparing their economies for prolonged uncertainty.

“Yet here at home, we witness a motorcycle convoy involving thousands – a display that, by any reasonable description, promotes consuming wasteful litres of fuel in a single event.

“This is not just tone-deaf. It reflects a troubling lack of priority,” she said in a statement to FMT.

On Saturday, PN held a motorcycle rally involving the menteris besar of the four opposition-led states, Perlis, Terengganu, Kedah, and Kelantan.

The event, reportedly attended by over 100,000 participants, was held in conjunction with the Fifth International Ummah Unity Assembly alongside the Malay World 2026 Gathering at the Terengganu Sports Complex in Kuala Nerus.

Nurul Izzah said that Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar, as chairman of PN and Terengganu menteri besar, should know better than to organise such an event.

“At a time when Malaysians are adjusting to rising costs and the government is stretching public funds through subsidies, such actions send the wrong message – that restraint is optional, and responsibility is selective,” she said.

On Saturday, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim criticised certain parties for repeatedly bringing up his past pledge to reduce fuel prices.

He said these parties were deliberately ignoring the facts about rising global fuel prices due to the Middle East war, adding that such actions mislead the public and undermine trust in the government.

Revisiting speed limits

In dealing with the fuel issue, Nurul Izzah proposed revisiting speed limits – not as a punitive step, but as a practical one.

She said that even marginal reductions in fuel consumption, when multiplied across millions of vehicles, could yield meaningful savings.

She added that the global supply crisis was not just an energy issue but an economic one, with implications across industries, supply chains, and ultimately, the cost of living.