Mahathir Wins Malaysia Election in Historic Power Shift
Bloomberg News
May 10, 2018, 3:42 AM GMT+8
Mahathir Mohamad won a stunning victory in Malaysia’s election, ending the six-decade rule of Prime Minister Najib Razak’s party in a landmark shift for the Southeast Asian nation, Bloomberg News reports.
Mahathir, Malaysia’s longest-serving premier who defected to the opposition to take on Najib, will return to power at the age of 92. His four-party Pakatan Harapan alliance won at least 112 of 222 parliamentary seats in Wednesday’s vote, official figures from the election commission showed.
“We are not seeking revenge,” Mahathir said. “What we want to do is to restore the rule of law.”