JOHOR BARU, May 24 -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has assured that the government will not raise the price of RON95 petrol.

He said he did not agree with a recent Cabinet proposal to increase the price of the popular subsidised petrol that was presented to him.

"There was an initial proposal to raise fuel prices and then give out aid. I and the Cabinet disagreed with that proposal - we do not agree with raising fuel prices.

"Fuel prices can be reduced gradually depending on current market conditions," he said in his capacity as PKR president at the party's national congress held at the Persada Johor International Convention Centre here today.

However, Anwar said the price of RON95 petrol for the estimated four million fore...