After 1 year as PM, Anwar told to focus on economy, reforms

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Analysts say the prime minister has made many political concessions in the past year just to appease certain groups, with reforms taking a back seat.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2023/11/24/after-1-year-as-pm-anwar-told-to-focus-on-economy-reforms/  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2023/11/24/setahun-sebagai-pm-anwar-perlu-kabinet-ampuh-jayakan-ekonomi-madani/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2Rn6xEV Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2OCwH8a  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2OKJbc6 Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3cpbWKK Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/2VUfOrv Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3B1e8lN Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/39dBDbe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #Anwar #Focus #Economy #Reforms

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00:00 (Music)

00:04 Political analysts have called for a shift in focus

00:07 towards the economy and reforms

00:09 as Anwar Ibrahim marks his first year in office

00:11 as the country's 10th Prime Minister.

00:14 James Chin of the University of Tasmania

00:16 said Anwar's administration is likely to last a full term

00:20 but it would be contingent on his ability

00:22 to reverse the current economic turndown.

00:25 In Malaysia, public confidence in the economy

00:29 comes down to only two things.

00:31 The stock market and the value of the ringgit.

00:34 The stock market is listless and the value of ringgit has gone down.

00:37 If he cannot reverse these two trends,

00:39 I think there's going to be trouble for him.

00:42 Meanwhile, Shazza Shukri of the International Islamic University Malaysia

00:46 spoke of a silver lining in what she described as

00:49 Anwar's give-and-take approach

00:51 due to Pakatan Harapan's alliance with UMNO and other parties.

00:55 It forces PH to take a more cautious approach.

01:00 In the long run, I think it creates a sense of stability

01:04 that PH is not actually trying to change everything about the country.

01:09 She also agreed that Anwar could complete a full term in office

01:12 but said the pace of implementing reforms

01:14 has led to questions about his commitment.

01:17 Our Prime Minister needs to lead the country

01:20 towards the reforms that he promised

01:23 and show that it works for the better.

01:26 Otherwise, I think it would be difficult for him to win

01:30 the 16th general election.

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