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Malaysia’s interim PM proposes forming unity government

Malaysia’s interim Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on February 26 proposed forming a unity government in his first public comments since his resignation.
Malaysia’s interim PM proposes forming unity government ảnh 1Malaysia’s interim Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Malaysia’sinterim Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on February 26 proposed forming a unitygovernment in his first public comments since his resignation.

Mahathir said that he was willing to returnto power if there was sufficient support for him to establish a non-partisangovernment that only prioritises the interest of the country.

He submitted his resignation as Malaysia’sPrime Minister on February 24. Malaysian King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shahaccepted Mahathir’s resignation but appointed him as the interim primeminister.

The King consulted all 221 members of the parliamenton a one-on-one basis to determine who has the majority support to become thenext prime minister on February 25-26.

What the King practices is said to be inline with Malaysia’s Federal Institution, which gives him power to appoint a primeminister to advise him in the exercise of his functions./.

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