KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 -- Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli has broken his silence just two days after announcing his resignation from the post of economy minister, telling followers that while he's officially on leave, he's far from checking out of public life.

In a post on social media platform X today, the former PKR deputy president said he began his leave on Wednesday and will use the time to respond to the flood of messages he's received - and rejoin the public conversation online.

"I've started my leave on Wednesday. Mission now is to reply to thousands of messages and join the chatter here on X," he wrote.

Rafizi, who lost the PKR deputy president race to Nurul Izzah Anwar on May 23, stepped down from his Cabinet post earlier this week, ci...