Anwar best man for finance now


PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had to take on the finance portfolio due to “extraordinary circumstances”, says Rafizi Ramli (pic).

“In my opinion, ideally, the positions of the Finance Minister and Prime Minister must be separated. There is no change to that stance but it is an extraordinary circumstance,” the Economy Minister said in his maiden press conference after clocking in at his ministry yesterday.

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