Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim has been well received by the Philippine media, arriving Thursday afternoon for a two trip to visit with friends and colleagues, including former presidents Ramos, Aquino, and Estrada. A 1 hour taped interview on ABC-CBNs “Conversations with Ricky Lo” will air next week.

“Erap to Host Dinner for Malaysian Deputy PM“, Philippine Headline News

“Erap says Anwar is an ‘icon’ of Malaysian democracy“, ABC-CBN News

“Malaysian Opposition Leader in Town“, Philippine Inquirer

“Anwar to attend forum in RP“, GMA News

From Malaysiakini.com – PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim described the 78-sen rise in petrol pump prices as “wanton in size and callous in effect”.

He added the increase – the largest in four rounds of price hikes in the last 18 months – was the “compounded legacy of the now unsustainable secrecy in the way the profits of Petronas are disbursed and was also the cumulative effect of wanton waste in government expenditure”.

In remarks made to Malaysiakini today, Anwar said, “Those chickens are now coming home to roost to the detriment of the ordinary citizen who has been scrimping and scraping for several years now.

“The steepness of the price increase this time is simply unconscionable,” he asserted.
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