KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 — Pakatan Harapan will hold its first Presidential Council meeting today after their historic win in the 14th General Election (GE14) yesterday, which saw the coalition form the government with a simple majority.
Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in his first address to the local and international media after being sworn in as the seventh Prime Minister yesterday said the meeting will discuss the formation of the new Cabinet.
“Tomorrow is a holiday. But I will not take any holiday...Although I’m the Prime Minister, I’m bound to consider the views of the component parties, How we divide the number of ministers between us.
“There are quite a number of things we need to do... some are officially required and some are on policy decisions. So it will be a very busy time,” said the 92-year old leader.
Dr Mahathir who led the four member coalition of PPBM, PKR, DAP and Amanah, had on Wednesday marked a stunning victory in the GE14, dethroning Barisan Nasional which had ruled the country for six decades.
Also present at the news conference were PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, PPBM president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Amanah president Mohamad Sabu and DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng.
Addressing the media corps at the highly anticipated press conference, he also thanked Malaysians who had given the coalition courage and hope.
“The enthusiasm was really fantastic, never seen in Malaysian political history,” he said.
He said prior to the election, Pakatan Harapan had only predicted to be able to win around 100 Parliamentary seats in Peninsular Malaysia and some in Sabah and Sarawak, but it turned out that it had successfully achieved more than 120 Parliamentary seats nationwide.
“We have achieved the simple majority which enabled us to form the government,” he said. — Bernama
