PAS MP: Full-time finance minister needed to tackle depreciating ringgit

The ringgit’s depreciating value and other financial woes point to a need for a full-time finance minister who can focus on turning the situation around, according to Bachok MP Mohd Syahir Che Sulaiman.

The Finance Ministry is currently being held by Anwar Ibrahim, who is also the prime minister.

Syahir said that while Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has taken the necessary measures such as raising the overnight policy rate (OPR) earlier this month, Malaysians are left waiting for a strategy from the prime minister, finance minister or the Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli to address the issue...