Anwar: I was just joking when saying I should have been PM instead of Dr M


PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (pic) says he was just joking when he spoke about watching Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad being sworn in as Prime Minister on May 10 and feeling that it should have been him instead.

Channel News Asia reported the PKR president-elect as saying this during a lecture in Singapore on Thursday (Sept 20).

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