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Crisis management: Anwar at a NEAC meeting earlier this month. — Facebook/Anwar Ibrahim

IT’S a matter of time. The consequences of the energy crisis are coming in waves. Malaysia has officially entered a very difficult phase: The fallout of the war waged by the United States and Israel against Iran.

Amid the growing hardship faced by the rakyat due to the rising cost of living, it’s hard not to be annoyed with politicians creating an unnecessary crisis in one state.

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