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Anwar tables Budget 2023, the unity government’s first full-year spending plan

On 24 February 2023 Anwar, as finance minister, tabled Budget 2023 of RM388.1 billion, up from the October 2022 print, with RM289.1 billion operating and RM99 billion development including RM2 billion contingency. In the causal graph this event strengthens the driver Fiscal-Policy Sustainability.

Anwar tables Budget 2023, the unity government’s first full-year spending plan

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On 24 February 2023 Anwar, as finance minister, tabled Budget 2023 of RM388.1 billion, up from the October 2022 print, with RM289.1 billion operating and RM99 billion development including RM2 billion contingency. Later out-turn is a child.

Context

He held Finance. Parliament must pass supply. BNM does not write the Budget. Neighbouring STR is a child transfer brand.

Oath 24 November is the parent office. MADANI 27 July is a later framework child.

The Prime Minister of Malaysia advises the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, chairs Cabinet, and is appointed under Articles 40 and 43 of the Federal Constitution. He does not write Bank Negara Malaysia policy rates, does not sit as every state menteri besar, and does not author a United States or China statute. A 1999–2018 prosecution or pardon cluster is not a 2023 subsidy. Allegation is not a completed personal conviction unless a court so held. As of 27 August 2026 he remains prime minister.

Why it matters

The path is fiscal-policy sustainability: a completed first unity Budget is a dated spending-and-transfer instrument.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Anwar Ibrahim

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.75 · verified

    He tabled as finance minister. Parliament passed supply. Treasury implements. BNM sets rates separately.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Reuters — Malaysia’s Anwar unveils budget aimed at aiding the poorReuters · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Ministry of Finance — Budget 2024 service-tax rate from 6 percent to 8 percent, effective 1 March 2024Ministry of Finance Malaysia · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Ministry of Finance Malaysia carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

Established: 24 February 2023 Budget 2023 tabling of RM388.1 billion, independently reported.

Not established: a unique later deficit coefficient from that Friday, or that every STR sen uniquely paid that day.

Parliament passed supply. Treasury implements. BNM sets rates separately.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Anwar tables Budget 2023, the unity government’s first full-year spending plan, not a later speech about Anwar tables Budget 2023, the unity government’s first full-year spending plan.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to He tabled as finance minister. Parliament passed supply. Treasury implements. BNM sets rates separately. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorAnwar Ibrahim
  2. contributed toFactAnwar tables Budget 2023, the unity government’s first full-year spending plan
  3. strengthensDrivers (2)Fiscal-Policy Sustainability

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Factrail. (2026). Anwar tables Budget 2023, the unity government’s first full-year spending plan. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/my-anwar-budget-2023

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Accessed 16 October 2026.

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