Govt’s finances not as pretty as made out, says Muhyiddin

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PETALING JAYA: The country’s finances are not as pretty as they have been made out to be, Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairman Muhyiddin Yassin said today, vowing to make further exposures on the matter soon.

He gave clues of how far stretched the country’s treasury was after weathering the twin crises of the economy and the pandemic, calling it the “biggest challenge”.

“Yesterday, I asked for a report from the finance minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz. One day I will expose the state of our finances. I was once there (as the prime minister).

“How much longer can we keep this up? Is our annual revenue enough to pay salaries, development? Is there enough to pay pensions, which is huge,” he said today at the launch of the Johor PN in Kota Tinggi.

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