Anwar says hammering out details on PM transition
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim at the National Youth Convention at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in Bangi May 15, 2019. — Picture by Mukhriz Hazim
He said this after he was asked when he would become prime minister as tomorrow will mark one year since he was released from prison. “I don’t have any issue because Tun Dr Mahathir has a role to play at the present and he should be given the space,” said Anwar after speaking at the National Youth Convention 2019 at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, here today.
The leader presented as the country’s eighth prime minister then reiterated that there were no problems in the agreed transition.
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