KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 — The country’s longest-serving prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad would return to the post if Pakatan Harapan wins the general election, a news portal reported today.

Citing an unnamed source, The Malaysian Insight further asserted that Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail would be the deputy prime minister in the same scenario.

Both would purportedly be "interim” holders of the two posts for an undetermined length. The report did not state which other politicians would eventually become the permanent office holders.

"[PPBM], Amanah and DAP have agreed, only PKR hasn’t reached a consensus,” the anonymous source was reported as saying.

The PH parties supposedly came to the decision during a two-day retreat that concluded yesterday.

The source also purported that PH would use the logo of one of its parties in the event its application to be registered is not approved in time for the general election, suggesting this would likely be PKR’s logo.

Dr Mahathir was prime minister from 1981 to 2003, and is the longest holder of the position by nearly a decade.