The government and other local experts should be given a chance to provide input about the poverty situation in the country before considering a royal commission of inquiry (RCI), said PKR president Anwar Ibrahim.

"It's too early. We need to give space to the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) and also utilise economic experts such as professor Jomo Kwame Sundaram and others from Universiti Malaya, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia to provide input," he said...