13-06-2025
- Business
- New Straits Times
Rafizi clocks into office for the last time
PUTRAJAYA: Economy Minister Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli appeared to suggest that his decision to resign from his Cabinet post was final, after saying that he had clocked into his office for the final time.
The Pandan member of parliament, via a post on X, said he was at the office to resolve several issues, including to 'clean up his office.'
"I was in the office for the final time yesterday to handle some outstanding issues as well as to clean up," he said.
Previously, Rafizi had submitted his resignation letter shortly after his defeat in the PKR deputy presidency race last month.
Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, who is the Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister, later followed suit.
However, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim yesterday said he hoped that the two would reconsider their decision.
He said he had only approved their leave for now, and would personally prefer it if they rejoined the Cabinet.
Meanwhile, in the same posting, Rafizi also thanked his officers, whom he credited as being the prime movers behind many of the ministry's initiatives.
"These are the people whom I had convinced to leave their respective fields and come serve with me.
"From chilli to semiconductors, to startup ecosystems, the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JSSEZ), National Energy Transition Plan (NETR), progressive wages up to the 13th Malaysia Plan (RMK13), they had translated many of my ideas into reality," he said.
His team had comprised Dr Azraai Bahari Nasruddin, an endocrinologist from the University of Cambridge; and Benjamin Quek, a fund manager who graduated in banking and finance from Monash University and Johns Hopkins University.
He also mentioned James Chai, a University of London and Oxford University law graduate and author; Ismaty Qayyum, a Politics, Philosophy and Economy graduate from the London School of Economics; and Haqimi Zamri a Politics and International Relations graduate from the University of Nottingham.
"I learned many things from them, perhaps even more than what they learned from me," he said.
