“No comments from UMNO because UMNO cannot rely on the statement from Tun (Mahathir). UMNO will still wait for an official statement from the palace ... UMNO fully understands the situation faced by Tun now. To a certain extent, the problems facing the country now were caused by Tun himself.”

If the Dewan Rakyat failed to determine who should be prime minister, a snap election would be called.

Malaysia's stimulus package is anchored on three strategies namely mitigating impact of Covid-19, spurring rakyat centric economic growth and promoting quality investments.

The palace said the state ruler Sultan Ibrahim Ismail was satisfied that the new coalition had the support of 28 representatives, compared with 26 representatives who chose PH.

Dr Mahathir resigned as chairman of Bersatu on Monday.

“The group exceeded its target last year to post RM3.18 billion in sales. Although we see that there are products that are still in demand, we are still yet to see whether the consumers are willing to commit."

"Everything remains the same except we are now known as a Bersatu-Pakatan Harapan (PH) government in Kedah.”

"The virus that went latent in the body may have come back," said Mutsuko Fujii, head of the prefectural government's health and medical department.

Constitutional law expert: It’s important for all Malaysians to understand the role and functions of our nation’s institution of monarchy, both at the federal and state levels.

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