COMMENT | If the developments since he became prime minister are any evidence, Anwar Ibrahim already has serious problems from within, with open disobedience and ministers doing their own thing in defiance of stated aims and objectives.

He needs to address them now to ensure that he and the entire cabinet and administration remain on the same page and on the straight and narrow path of killing corruption, cutting wastage, increasing revenue and reviving the economy.

This will be the critical determinant of whether he will succeed as PM with a diverse mix of people at the top all pulling in their own directions.

Simply ignoring and hoping that problems will sort themselves out and will go away is to court...