Malaysia’s opposition coalition on Sunday named 92-year old former premier Mahathir Mohamad as its prime ministerial candidate for a general election that must be called by August.
With the country’s most popular opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in jail, Mahathir is seen as the biggest threat for 64 year-old Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is engulfed in a corruption scandal.

Mahathir, who earned a reputation during his 22-year tenure as prime minister of being a no-nonsense authoritarian with little time for dissenters promoting liberal values, stands to become the world’s oldest leader if the opposition wins.


A victory could also potentially pave the way for former Mahathir foe Anwar to become the prime minister. Mahathir and Anwar’s wife Wan Azizah Wan Ismail will be the Pakatan Harapan coalition’s candidates for the premier and deputy prime ministerial posts respectively, secretary general Saifuddin Abdullah said at the alliance’s convention. If the opposition wins, the component parties have agreed to immediately commence legal processes to obtain a royal pardon for Anwar, Saifuddin said.

“…So that Anwar could immediately play a role in the federal government and subsequently be proposed as a candidate for the eighth prime minister,” he said.

The Mahathir-Anwar coalition and their endorsement of each other is a turnaround from their bitter feud that has shaped Malaysia’s political landscape for nearly two decades.Anwar was once a protege of Mahathir, and the rising star of Malaysian politics, but they had a falling-out in the late 1990s..

http://www.akelicious.com/2018/01/92-year-old-to-run-as-prime-minister-in.html

One of the most advanced country in Asia

If he can , Why not if not

Bad news. APC will quickly use this as an example for Bubu..........

dabeto:
Bad news. APC will quickly use this as an example for Bubu..........

I wonder what kind of miscreants are in PDP

So full of bigotry, hates , religious fanaticism and mediocrity

At 92?

Pavore9:
At 92?

E surprised me too o

92. He's roughly a year older than the Tunisian president,Beji Caid Essebsi(91 years going on 92). Essebsi is currently the world's oldest leader. I know of none older. Good luck to you,ancestor.

Pavore9:
At 92?

Tunisia has a 91 year-old head of State and he's the oldest leader anywhere in the world so maybe the Malaysian great-grand pa wants that record. These ancestors sure don't know when to quit the game.