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Rafizi resigns as economy minister

PETALING JAYA: Rafizi Ramli has resigned as economy minister after losing to Nurul Izzah Anwar in the race for the PKR deputy president’s post.

He said that as is the practice in countries that uphold democratic principles, party leaders who lose internal elections should make way for those who have been given a new mandate.

“I have submitted my resignation letter to the prime minister. This resignation will take effect on June 17. I will be utilising the remainder of my annual leave from today until June 16,” he said in a statement.

“My defeat in the recent PKR election means I no longer have the party’s mandate to translate the people’s agenda, as championed by PKR, into government programmes.”

Prior to the PKR polls, Rafizi had said he would quit as economy minister and go back to being a regular MP if he failed to be re-elected to PKR’s No 2 post.

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