Habbenings in Malaysia
>KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 ― Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has resigned as prime minister today, after two days of intense speculation that he would lead his political party Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) to exit the ruling coalition Pakatan Harapan and form a new government with new coalition partners.
>Dr Mahathir, 94, had been prime minister of Malaysia twice in the nation's history.
>This will be the second time he has quit the post.
>In his first stint, Dr Mahathir was the prime minister under the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration for 22 years or five terms between July 16, 1981 to October 31, 2003, having first assumed the position when he was aged 56 and then stepping down aged 78.
>After leading the Pakatan Harapan coalition to victory in the 14th general elections on May 9, 2018, Dr Mahathir at age 92 was sworn in the next day and took up the position of prime minister again, almost 15 years after his “retirement” from politics when he gave up the post.
>Dr Mahathir's resignation today just about three months shy of PH's second anniversary in power, and also after rumours that the coalition would lose federal power even before it completes its first term due to a purported new coalition to be formed under Dr Mahathir's leadership.
>At about the same time when news of his resignation surfaced, Dr Mahathir’s party Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) today also announced that it had decided yesterday to pull out of the PH coalition.
>Sauce: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2020/02/24/dr-m-resigns-as-pm/1840368
Malaysian anon here. Since yesterday, 23rd Feb 2020, there has been ongoing emergency meetings within the coalition party's as well as high level meetings taking place as of this moment with cabinet members.
So to give you guys a quick rundown, Malaysia had a historic election in 2018, reason being that its the first time since our independence that we have gotten a new coalition government to run the country. The idea to elect the opposition government at that time was to "clean" the country up from decades of corruption and to bring justice for the 1MDB case.
I can't seem to provide much atm as its a bit chaotic right now. Nobody has got much of an idea of what the hell exactly is going on. Seems like there is a lot of "closed door" decisions being made.
I'll try my best to update you guys once I've gotten a clearer idea of whats going on. I don't know if I will have enough time though. If any anons from around this region or knows more about what is going on could provide some insight into this it would really help.