PUTRAJAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamadsaid on Tuesday (Feb 18) that he does not know if the date of Malaysia’smost anticipated power transitionlinkbe fixed at the Pakatan Harapan (PH) presidential council meeting on Friday(Feb 21).
But he reiterated that he will step down as premier as he had promisedlink,but will do so only after Malaysia hosts November’s Asia-Pacific EconomicCooperation (Apec) summit.
“I don’t know (if the date issue will be raised). I have said that I amprepared to resign anytime when asked.
“But my promise to resign remain, and whatever decision made (by thepresidential council), I will only resign after Apec,” he said to reportershere.
Asked if he would raise the issue himself, Tun Dr Mahathir, 94, said hewould not.
“I’m going to be the chair,” he said.
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The PH presidential council, comprising the most senior leaders of the fourcomponent parties of PH, is meeting on Friday to resolve the thorny issueof when Dr Mahathir would be passing on the prime ministership to MP AnwarIbrahim, 72.
PH leaders had agreed before the May 2018 general election that should thefour-party coalition grabbed power, Dr Mahathir would pass the premiershipto Datuk Seri Anwar, who was then in jail.
The exact date of the handover was not discussed, with followers of MrAnwar agitating for Dr Mahathir to step down in May this year – two yearsafter PH came to power. The Strait Times
