Anwar Najib debate

Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak (left) and opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim fist-bump during a public debate in Kuala Lumpur on May 12, 2022.

The 68-year-old is seeking to raise his profile beyond his Bossku social media persona, even as he makes regular court appearances to answer other graft charges with their embarrassing revelations. Najib, who is an Umno MP, is out on bail as he is appealing against the 12-year jail sentence, and has been moving around freely and campaigning in state elections. The debate, while seen purely as a political move, was controversial for the fact that Mr Anwar was effectively giving a public stage to Najib, who has been convicted of graft-related charges linked to state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and former prime minister Najib Razak squared off in a live debate on Thursday (May 12) night.

“We need to start with a forensic audit and identify who is responsible first. Almost all of the project losses were from legacy contracts,” its chief executive Anuar Taib said in a statement on Mar 18. “We can’t have a repeat of the situation where we have three governments and three prime ministers in the span of four years,” he said, adding that it would affect investors’ confidence in the country. Advertisement Najib said that as Sapura Energy is owned by Malaysians via Permodalan Nasional Bhd (a government-linked investment company), there is a need to rescue Sapura Energy which he said was once the second biggest oil and gas company in the world. Advertisement

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If the value of the project is actually RM50 billion, don't up it to RM70 billion," Anwar said. "Although some said Pakatan Harapan has weaknesses, PH was more successful in addressing the cost of living issues. "With GST (collection), we gave subsidies to farmers and fishermen.

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It belongs to the government, belongs to the rakyat! Amanah Saham Bumiputera (ASB) holders could lose RM4 billion, and 10,000 employees would lose their jobs. “Similarly, Petronas belongs to whom?

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Mohd Azizuddin said it would be good if more issues were debated and not only confined to economics and politics which would be good to educate and open the minds of the people. Mohd Azizuddin, who is lecturer for Universiti Utara Malaysia, said the duo was interesting, with different approaches but convincing and that it was up to the people to assess and choose who was better. "If we have to say who won, it is the rakyat as we could see how both the leaders were facing off, discussing the important issues of the country.