Defending his choice of podcasts as a platform for debates, the PKR deputy president said appearing on television is expensive.

“You need to pay for airtime. You want to debate so much, do it on a podcast.

“If I agree to Wan Fayhsal’s request for a televised debate, I will have to then do so on principle for any MP who challenges me to debates.

“If he’s so greedy for airtime, Wan Fayhsal can get Perikatan Nasional to agree to let him represent their leadership, or he can repeat his call to print money – he’ll definitely get a week’s worth of airtime,” he said in a post on X.

Yesterday, Wan Fayhsal said he wanted to debate Rafizi on television as Bachok MP Syahir Che Sulaiman had recently done.

“What are podcasts for? I want to debate him live on mainstream TV like Bachok did with Rafizi. Bring it on.

“Let’s talk about the money-printing lies and the MAHB-BlackRock issue. Bring (communications minister) Fahmi Fadzil along. Two on one,” Wan Fayhsal posted on X.

He was responding to an X user who accused him of being afraid of going on Rafizi’s “Yang Bakar Menteri” podcast for fear of losing in the Bersatu polls next month.