KUALA LUMPUR ¨C Malaysia¡¯s Mahathir Mohamad will run for prime minister on behalf of the former ruling coalition, he said on Saturday, less than a week after he quit and plunged the country into political turmoil.
That meant that Mahathir, who as interim prime minister is the world¡¯s oldest government leader at 94, has reunited with on-off ally and long-term rival Anwar Ibrahim, 72, resuming a pact that swept their coalition to a surprise election victory in 2018.
The move averted a showdown between men whose struggle has shaped Malaysian politics for two decades ¡ª but risked sidelining both and returning to power the corruption-tarnished former ruling party that they had defeated.
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