Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (right) with PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim during the press conference at Yayasan Albukhary in Kuala Lumpur. IZZRAFIQ ALIAS / The Star. May 3, 2019.
PUTRAJAYA (ANN): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said Thursday (May 9) that he will not see out a full term and will step aside after fixing problems his Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition claims it inherited after forming the government exactly a year ago.
Although the coalition had agreed prior to last year's election that Dr Mahathir would hand over the reins to nemesis-turned-ally Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who had yet to be pardoned from a controversial sodomy conviction then, no timeline was formally agreed.
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