Fuel Subsidy Rebate

Post offices open its doors to handle the fuel subsidy rebate yesterday. As reported by mainstream media, there is a mad rush to get this generosity from the government.One may ask; what is the hurry? why the mad rush? After all the government did say you have the whole year to claim what you are entitled.

We are only talking just a small portion of the car owners and these are those who had just recently renewed their road tax i.e. April & May. Come July the 1st , I cannot imagine how big the crowd will be, it will probably stretch the queue for a few kilometers.
Some post offices probably did not expect such mammoth crowd, as reported some of them ran out of forms and worst of all money as well. This is to be expected, as no one would have expected such a huge turnout.
When it come to something free, better still like rebate, it is typical of Malaysians, they just cannot wait to grab them. But normally free offers from any sales outlet has conditions and normally limited to a very short period and you cannot blame the people who try not to miss out, thus the mad rush.

In the case of fuel subsidy rebate, why do we have to rush, we have the whole year to get back what we are entitled.
Unless there are other reasons:
The Malaysians must be very much affected by the fuel price, such little relief is a very welcomed savior.
Or
The Malaysians are afraid that the government may change its mind and withdraw the rebate. One cannot tell for sure, as was said before, early this year that there will be no price change in fuel until the end of this year and that was before the general election. Not only there was a change but a record of more than 40% as well.