Are we ready to pay the price?


MIDWAY to the current unity government’s five-year term, questions have arisen about why the reform agenda championed by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has yet to meet expectations – or even the promises made to the rakyat.

Last weekend’s rally demonstrated public displeasure as the rising cost of living is biting hard on the people, while some key institutional and economic reforms have taken longer than expected.

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