He said we need to resolve bread and butter issues for the rural poor or risk the rise of religious bigotry and racism.
The Pakatan Harapan government needs to deal with bread and butter issues faced by the rural Malay population with"the greatest urgency", said the PKR president Anwar Ibrahim.
The Prime Minister-in waiting was speaking at a plenary session of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association conference in Singapore on Friday. reported Anwar as saying that the government has succumbed to pressure from the urban elite and civil society, resulting in a backlash from the majority Malay community.
“Human rights is an issue, judicial independence is an issue, and which we should not delay in terms of implementation."
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