Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad has said he has agreed to be the prime ministerial candidate for the former ruling coalition, less than a week after he quit and plunged the country into turmoil.
“I am now confident that I have the numbers needed to garner majority support,” Mahathir said in a statement on Saturday.
That meant that Mahathir, who is the world’s oldest government leader at 94, will reunite with on-off ally and long-term rival Anwar Ibrahim, 72, resuming a pact that swept the coalition to a surprise election victory in 2018.
“Pakatan Harapan states its full support towards Dr Mahathir as candidate for prime minister,” said a statement from the coalition formed by the two men whose struggle has shaped Malaysian politics for two decades.
Anwar also posted the statement, which declares that the coalition “will continue to fight” for its principles in government, on social media.
Source: Al Jazeera News
