“I don’t believe there is a problem, whether (the announcement) is made during or outside the election period. If it’s something beneficial for the people, and it happens to be announced during the election period, then that’s fine,” he told a press conference at the state Umno headquarters.

Yesterday, caretaker Kedah menteri besar Sanusi Nor questioned the timing of Anwar Ibrahim’s announcement on the increase in the padi subsidy rate, saying that the prime minister should not have made such a key announcement just days away from the state elections.