A defeat for Mahathir Mohamad
Mahathir Mohamad also contested the Malaysian general election. It is from the ‘Homeland Fighters’ party he founded. However, 97-year-old Mahathir Mohamad was badly defeated in this election.
Mahathir Mohamad even lost his Langkawi seat. This is Mahathir Mohamad’s first electoral defeat in half a century. Mahathir Mohamad was the Prime Minister of Malaysia for 22 years. It was from 1981 to 2003. He later retired from politics.
However, two years later, he re-entered politics. That is because the corruption allegations created a crisis in Malaysian politics.
In 2018, with the 93rd election day just around the corner, Mahathir Mohamad returned to the post of Malaysian Prime Minister. That is because the Malaysian opposition alliance put forward Mahathir Mohamad as the general candidate for the election. However, the coalition government that was formed collapsed within a few months. Because of conflicts.
(Al Jazeera)
