PUTRAJAYA, July 24 -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has brushed off the upcoming "Turun Anwar" rally scheduled for this Saturday, saying calls for him to resign will not have any political effect as the next general election is still over two years away.

"This isn't about political questions, because the next election is more than two years away. So calling for Anwar to step down won't have any effect, don't worry," he said in his speech during the Finance Ministry's monthly assembly here.

He was referring to the #TurunAnwar rallythe opposition bloc Perikatan Nasional is organising this weekend.

Anwar also pushed back against critics who dismissed the RM100 one-off aid he announced yesterday, stressing that the assistance is ...