Thursday, the Royal Palace in Malaysia announced the appointment of the reformist opposition Anwar Ibrahim as Prime Minister in Malaysia, which puts an end to a state of uncertainty that the country witnessed after any of the opposition coalition and the competing bloc failed to obtain a majority in the legislative elections on Saturday.
A statement was issued by the royal palace stating that opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was appointed “the tenth Prime Minister of Malaysia”.
And at the end of last week, the “Pakatan Haraaban” alliance (Al -Amal Alliance), led by Anwar Ibrahim, won 82 seats in the House of Representatives out of 222, compared to 73 for the National Alliance “Berikan Nacional” led by former Prime Minister Mohieldin Yassin.
The King of Malaysia summoned Sultan Abdullah Ahmed Shah, the two opponents, to the palace in an attempt to resolve the crisis. Mohiuddin later said that the king asked them to form a “unity government.
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The king has a reproductive power to appoint the Prime Minister, who is believed to be supported by a majority of deputies.
Earlier, Anwar quoted the king his desire to form a stable government in Malaysia, and denied any intention to form a government without a majority, saying that the issue was not at all.
The King’s meeting with the leaders of the two coalition comes in an attempt to resolve the political crisis that extends since the end of the elections on November 19, which resulted in close results that have deprived all alliances of securing the majority required to form parliament, especially after the announcement of the National Front led by Amnu about its reservation to support any
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