LANGKAWI: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Friday (Feb 13) dismissed allegations and speculations on attempts to keep him as prime minister for the rest of the electoral term.
He reiterated that he will keep his promise to handover the prime minister post to his successor after the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in November.
Advertisement
Advertisement
“I promised to step down after APEC, so I will keep to my promise. I am not involved with anything else, only the promise to step down and I will step down,” he said.
Dr Mahathirs statement was in response to claims that 138 Members of Parliament had signed statutory declarations in support of him completing a full term as the prime minister.
He said he has no knowledge of how the figure came about.
“Pakatan Harapan (PH) has the majority in Parliament today. This 138 figure is the work of others and I have no knowledge as to how they came up with this. In other words, there must be PH support to get this figure,” he told reporters.
Advertisement
Advertisement
When asked if he was aware of the statutory declarations, he said that he heard “all sorts of things” including claims that he would stay as prime minister for “20 more years”.
“I am 94-years-old, 95 in another few months, so quite impossible,” he added.
TRANSITION OF POWER ISSUE
Dr Mahathir said on Friday that the power transition has been a subject of interest as it was constantly being talked about in media.
READ: Mahathir has made 'no ambiguity' on transition of power in Malaysia: Anwar
READ: Transition of power to be decided 'when the time comes': Mahathir
"The press gets excited … where there is controversy, there is news. So to the press, if both Anwar Ibrahim and I do not get along, for instance, the better for them to sell their stories,” hRead More – Source
LANGKAWI: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Friday (Feb 13) dismissed allegations and speculations on attempts to keep him as prime minister for the rest of the electoral term.
He reiterated that he will keep his promise to handover the prime minister post to his successor after the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in November.
Advertisement
Advertisement
“I promised to step down after APEC, so I will keep to my promise. I am not involved with anything else, only the promise to step down and I will step down,” he said.
Dr Mahathirs statement was in response to claims that 138 Members of Parliament had signed statutory declarations in support of him completing a full term as the prime minister.
He said he has no knowledge of how the figure came about.
“Pakatan Harapan (PH) has the majority in Parliament today. This 138 figure is the work of others and I have no knowledge as to how they came up with this. In other words, there must be PH support to get this figure,” he told reporters.
Advertisement
Advertisement
When asked if he was aware of the statutory declarations, he said that he heard “all sorts of things” including claims that he would stay as prime minister for “20 more years”.
“I am 94-years-old, 95 in another few months, so quite impossible,” he added.
TRANSITION OF POWER ISSUE
Dr Mahathir said on Friday that the power transition has been a subject of interest as it was constantly being talked about in media.
READ: Mahathir has made 'no ambiguity' on transition of power in Malaysia: Anwar
READ: Transition of power to be decided 'when the time comes': Mahathir
"The press gets excited … where there is controversy, there is news. So to the press, if both Anwar Ibrahim and I do not get along, for instance, the better for them to sell their stories,” hRead More – Source
