SUBANG JAYA: The fight against corruption and the pursuit of good governance will be the Madani government's top priorities in 2025, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
The Prime Minister, however, said that addressing these matters requires a bit of time to address certain issues.
"As I mentioned earlier, governance is key because we have been in decline for too long.
“This issue isn’t limited to the government.
“This must be corrected, regardless of who you are, minister, politicians, heads of departments, you must say no to corruption.
"Action must be taken,” he said during a special interview with chief editors on Saturday (Dec 21).
Despite some resistance from certain quarters, Anwar remained committed to these efforts.
On another matter, Anwar called for an immediate end to any narratives involving racial profiling in the context of aid distribution and efforts to combat hardcore poverty in the country.
Anwar, who is also Finance Minister, said the government's policy was to provide aid regardless of race in all of its efforts to eradicate hardcore poverty.
"I strongly disagree with racial profiling. If you look at my policy history, even during my time with the Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement (Abim), I opposed the New Economic Policy, especially its focus on racial profiling," he said.
Anwar said this in response to claims by certain parties that the additional RM130mil allocation channelled for the Indian community was insufficient.
In response, Anwar said that the RM130mil allocation was only part of the assistance for the Indian community which also covered several initiatives under the National Entrepreneurial Group Economic Fund (Tekun Nasional) and Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM).
