Strong public opposition to these reforms led the government in July 2005 to defer the 10 percent GST for 18 months, adopting instead a hybrid 5 percent GST, and to modify the fuel subsidy reduction.
市民強烈反對這些改革，導致政府在2005年7月把10%消費稅推遲18個月，轉而採用5%混合消費稅，並修訂燃油補貼的減幅。