Malaysia's Mahathir says Parliament to elect new prime minister after king fails to establish who has majority support.
Anwar Ibrahim attends a press conference at the headquarters of his party, Alliance of Hope after meeting the king in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. Malaysia's king held unusual consultations with lawmakers for a second day Wednesday to resolve a political vacuum caused by the abrupt collapse of the ruling coalition and the resignation of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
A comeback as prime minister for a third time would be a remarkable feat for Mahathir, the world’s oldest leader at 94, after nail-biting twists, turns and machinations in the political drama that unraveled over the weekend. A failed bid by Mahathir’s supporters to form a new government without his named successor, Anwar Ibrahim, plunged the country into political limbo.
Mahathir said Wednesday that he had quit to show he wasn’t power crazy and because he didn’t want to work with the former corrupt regime that he had ousted in 2018 polls. Despite a preelection pact to hand over power to Anwar, Mahathir said Parliament should pick the next leader and that he would form a nonpartisan government if he was chosen again to helm the government.“I believe, rightly or wrongly, politics and political parties must be set aside for now,” he added.
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