De facto PM role for Dr M?


Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s plan to have a ‘council of elders’ to advise the Prime Minister of his choice is beyond bizarre and flies in the face of a modern democracy.
 

MANY Malaysians have come to believe that Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pic) regrets stepping down as prime minister.

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