PUTRAJAYA: While the government has agreed in principle to review civil servant salaries, increasing them now could result in an even larger budget deficit, says the Prime Minister.
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said a higher deficit would result in investors lacking confidence in the government’s political will to manage the country well.
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