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Malaysia's Mahathir out as former interior minister is named PM
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS FEBRUARY 28, 2020 / 9:41 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Malaysia's Mahathir out as former interior minister is named PM
Rozanna Latiff
4 MIN READ
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - 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.
The decision could again reshape politics in the Southeast Asian country less than two years after an alliance of Mahathir, and old rival Anwar Ibrahim, 72, swept out the former ruling party that had been tarnished by corruption scandals.
That former ruling party of six decades, the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), was among those that had rallied in support of Muhyiddin, along with the Islamist party PAS.
Although Mahathir and Anwar announced on Saturday that they had joined hands again, the palace said in a statement the king made his decision on the basis that Muhyiddin possibly had the support of a majority in parliament.
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Malaysia's Mahathir out as former interior minister is named PM
Rozanna Latiff
4 MIN READ
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - 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.
The decision could again reshape politics in the Southeast Asian country less than two years after an alliance of Mahathir, and old rival Anwar Ibrahim, 72, swept out the former ruling party that had been tarnished by corruption scandals.
That former ruling party of six decades, the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), was among those that had rallied in support of Muhyiddin, along with the Islamist party PAS.
Although Mahathir and Anwar announced on Saturday that they had joined hands again, the palace said in a statement the king made his decision on the basis that Muhyiddin possibly had the support of a majority in parliament.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-politics/malaysias-mahathir-out-as-former-interior-minister-is-named-pm-idUSKBN20N04A
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Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS FEBRUARY 29, 2020 / 5:34 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Factbox: 'Malay first' - Malaysia's Muhyiddin allies with nationalists to become PM
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Former Malaysian interior minister Muhyiddin Yassin will be sworn in as the country’s next prime minister on Sunday, after he secured support from a Malay nationalist party that sacked him in 2015.
Here are some facts about Muhyiddin, 72, who is from the majority Malay Muslim community and once courted controversy in the multi-racial country by saying that he was Malay first.
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Factbox: 'Malay first' - Malaysia's Muhyiddin allies with nationalists to become PM
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Former Malaysian interior minister Muhyiddin Yassin will be sworn in as the country’s next prime minister on Sunday, after he secured support from a Malay nationalist party that sacked him in 2015.
Here are some facts about Muhyiddin, 72, who is from the majority Malay Muslim community and once courted controversy in the multi-racial country by saying that he was Malay first.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-politics-muhyiddin-factbox/factbox-malay-first-malaysias-muhyiddin-allies-with-nationalists-to-become-pm-idUSKBN20N0GQ
