Malaysian prime minister Mahathir (94) resigns after a tumultuous weekend

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Bin Mohamad resigned on Monday after a tumultuous weekend in the Malaysian parliament. 94-year-old Fr

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Bin Mohamad resigned on Monday after a tumultuous weekend in the Malaysian parliament. The 94-year-old Mahathir was in the process of serving his second term.

The survival of the government hung suddenly by a thread over the weekend after Mahathirs party plans to form a new coalition were announced. Mahathirs one successor, Anwar Ibrahim, is turning to be installed.

72-year-old Anwar answered energetically. Also, accusing his own party members of “treason”. A faction of Anwars party may have conspired with Mahathir to set up his new government, to prop it up so that his term as prime minister until 2023 could live on.

The political battle between Mahathir and Anwar has characterized Malaysian politics for years. In 1998, Mahathir fired his then deputy prime minister, Anwar. Those who started their own political movement, however, was convicted for having sex with a man.

Mahathirs 2018 election victory, defeating old rivals, joined hands to deal with former Prime Minister Najib Razak. They agreed that Anwar Mahathir would eventually succeed as prime minister. He also took Mahathir to ensure that Anwar was released from prison.

the prime minister made controversial statements about the MH17 investigation

We know in the Netherlands that Mahathir is mainly from the latter’s statements about the MH17 investigation. The prime minister said the findings of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) last summer were “nothing more than hearsay”. Also, he said it was “a political thing, it’s how Russia should look like the villains. He was also not convinced by the evidence provided.

as the closest relatives of the victims of the plane crash,” asked the Prime Minister in a critical letter, “it is not doubtful, and divisions have more to sow,” and no decisions have more to do with it, “contrary to the truth.”

According to POINT, the incident was caused by a Buk missile of the Russian armed forces. The team was represented by Malaysia, the Netherlands, Italy, Australia, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and Belgium.

Date of update: February 24, 2020, 09:00

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Source: newstars.edu.vn

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