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\u201cOnce, we were the opposition and we formed a party and we hoped the party to gain the support from the Malays. However, if we can only garner the support of the Malays without other parties, I\u2019m not sure we can win,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the victory in the GE14 could only be achieved by combining with other parties.Advertisement<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe have been negotiating with our colleagues and one of the conditions imposed is that this prime minister, also their former foe will only serve as an interim prime minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMore important thing then was Najib. For that reason we have to sacrifice, I need to sacrifice and to accept the condition because the main thing is not to be prime minister but to bring down Najib,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr Mahathir, who is also Bersatu chairman, also admitted that it seemed awkward at first when two fierce enemies were seen sitting and working together, but over time it became normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBecause we were willing to accept these terms, we won. We did not expect that we would win. Previously, when asked on the chances of us winning, my answer would be 50-50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUntil the end I wasn’t sure that we could win. But \u2018Alhamdulillah\u2019 (praise be to Allah), we won. The result of our sacrifices,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The calls for Dr Mahathir to continue serving as prime minister until the 15th General Election were made by the delegates attending the party\u2019s three-day annual general assembly that ended today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr Mahathir also said that some people viewed that the two-year period to serve as prime minister was too short to govern the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To this, Dr Mahathir said people were entitled to their own opinions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr Mahathir said the matter was not discussed with PKR president Anwar Ibrahim when they met over dinner. However, he did not say when the dinner with Anwar, who has been described as the prime minister-in-waiting, had taken place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think he feels comfortable that he will succeed me, maybe in two years, I don\u2019t know … I\u2019m not going to be the prime minister until the next election,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Asked on his assessment of the PH government that he currently led, Dr Mahathir said it was very stable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs far as I can see, we are very stable. The investors are very happy with our performance, similarly with our assurances for both the domestic and foreign investors,\u201d he said -NNN- Bernama PUTRAJAYA: Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad reiterated on Sunday (Dec 30) that he will abide by his promise to only serve as an interim prime minister, despite the calls for him to continue to hold the post until the next general election. In his adjournment speech at the Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) annual general […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":4998,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[288],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4997"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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