A WEEK is a long time in politics and this could be the longest week ever as Malaysians wait to know who will be the next prime minister.
It is also a terribly confusing time with conflicting news reports about who has the magic number of 112 MPs as well as unverified claims that Pakatan Harapan leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had been appointed the 10th prime minister.
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