INTERVIEW | “If I change as a person, please tell me. No fancy watches,” stressed newly-minted Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil.

He was reflecting on his journey from being an opposition backbencher to a minister in the cabinet of the Anwar Ibrahim-led administration.

Fahmi began his political career by joining PKR in 2010 and served as political secretary to the then Lembah Pantai MP-cum-PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar from 2010 to 2013.

He spoke of the challenges of juggling his various roles as a minister, an MP, and a member of his party.

“I wish there were 10 days in a week...