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(Bloomberg) -- At 97, Mahathir Mohamad was looking to the future, plotting to form a government once again after Malaysia’s national vote. Instead, the country’s longest-serving leader finds ...
Mahathir was the world's oldest head of government after a surprise comeback in a 2018 election, but his resignation a week ago triggered turmoil that he failed to control. ...
The Southeast Asian country slid into political turmoil this week with the unexpected resignation of Mahathir, who at 94 is the world's oldest government leader. It set off a new tussle for power ...
Mahathir was visited by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei at the Perdana Leadership Foundation. [146] [147] He also said the government will first study whether to repeal the Anti-Fake News Act 2018. [148] May 16 – Mahathir announced that Putrajaya will lay off a total of 17,000 political appointees in an effort to reduce public expenditure ...
Months before Anwar's arrest, Mahathir had been granting more responsibility for economic policy-making to Daim Zainuddin, a financial strongman, thus limiting Anwar's power. [5] Mahathir accused Anwar for being a "puppet" of foreign powers and institutions such as the International Monetary Fund [ 20 ] (IMF), out to re-colonize Malaysia and ...
The 2022 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on May 9, 2022, as part of the 2022 general election. This was the 17th direct presidential election and 16th vice presidential election in the Philippines since 1935 , and the sixth sextennial presidential and vice presidential election since 1992 .
(Bloomberg) -- Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad lost his Langkawi parliamentary seat in the general election.Most Read from BloombergMalaysia Latest: Parties Race to Form ...
In 1999, Anwar brought suit against Prime Minister Mahathir for defamation for allegedly uttering accusations of immoral acts and calling Anwar a homosexual at a news conference in Malaysia. [ 48 ] The sodomy verdict was partially overturned in 2004, resulting in Anwar's release from prison as he had already served his sentence for the ...