KUALA LUMPUR: Newly minted Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said he has not considered keeping the finance portfolio for himself as he goes about deciding key positions in his Cabinet.
“We will look at all the possibilities but at the moment, I have not considered that,” he told reporters after Friday prayers in Putrajaya.
Anwar was a former finance minister and deputy to the country’s longest-serving prime minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, before his political rise was cut short after being fired in the wake of the 1997 financial crisis following a fallout with Mahathir.
Anwar told reporters earlier today that reducing the burden of rising prices is the immediate priority of his administration and that he would meet relevant government agencies to discuss the matter.