National interest overrides party agenda

United statesmen: Leaders in the new government – Lim, Dr Wan Azizah and Dr Mahathir – are working hard to wipe out corruption and introduce reforms.

AT 7am on May 10, Pakatan Harapan chairman Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad woke up coughing badly, but he was determined to put on his best to be sworn in by the King as the seventh prime minister of Malaysia after battling all odds to topple the Barisan Nasional government.

This fourth premier (from 1981 to 2003) had declared before the May 9 general election that his return to active politics after 15 years was to oust the administration of former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak, clean up the government and “save Malaysia”.