Malaysia's acting Prime Minister Mahathir Muhammad On Thursday said that the next Prime Minister of the country will be elected by the Parliament. He gave this information after meeting with the country's king Al-Sultan Abdullah Raiyatuddin. Mahathir resigned as Prime Minister on Monday due to differences in the ruling coalition. The king later appointed him as acting Prime Minister.

According to media reports, the 94-year-old Mahathir was called to his palace on Thursday after the Malaysian king met all 222 members of the lower house of parliament. After this meeting, Mahathir said, 'King could not find any candidate who has the majority in Parliament. Therefore, they have decided to hold a vote in Parliament on Monday for the selection of the new leader of the country.

At present, there are 37 members of Mahatir's party Bersatu in Parliament and in meeting with Raja, these MPs had proposed Mahathir's name for the post of Prime Minister. While the MPs of the People's Justice Party have put forward the name of their leader Anwar Ibrahim. Ibrahim's party has 39 members in Parliament. Ibrahim and Mahathir's parties contested the general election in 2018. In an unprecedented victory, he ousted the Najib Razak government, which was surrounded by corruption, from power. Both parties had agreed that Mahathir would later hand over the post of Prime Minister to Ibrahim.

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