Malaysia's 94-year-old Mahathir Mohamad lost out in the battle to become pr...
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia’s 94-year-old Mahathir Mohamad lost out in the battle to become prime minister on Saturday as the king named former interior minister Muhyiddin Yassin after a week of political turmoil sparked by Mahathir’s resignation.
That former ruling party of six decades, the United Malays National Organisation , was among those that had rallied in support of Muhyiddin, along with the Islamist party PAS. There was no immediate reaction from Mahathir, who has been interim prime minister since he resigned, or Anwar. The latest crisis was sparked by a tussle for power between Mahathir and Anwar that has shaped Malaysian politics for two decades. Mahathir had promised to hand power to Anwar after the 2018 election, but no date had been set.
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