Harapan: We nominated Anwar after Dr M declined to attend meet to restore gov't

Pakatan Harapan has confirmed that it has nominated Anwar Ibrahim as the next prime minister instead of Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

The coalition said this is after Mahathir, who is now serving as the interim prime minister, refused to chair the Harapan presidential council meeting on Tuesday.

That meeting was held to restore the previous Harapan-led government led by Mahathir, which has since collapsed.

"Following the attempt to form a government through the backdoor, Mahathir resigned as prime minister.

“The decision by Bersatu to quit Harapan was followed by Mahathir's decision to quit as the Bersatu chairperson.

"Following this, the presidential council invited Mahathir to chair its meeting to revive the Harapan government.

“But Tun (Mahathir) did not agree to attend the meeting which was held on Feb 25," PKR president Anwar Ibrahim said, reading from a statement, at the PKR headquarters in Petaling Jaya this evening.

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