Malaysia's king calls Anwar and Muhyiddin for an audience - Palace
Reuters
November 22, 2022 08:12 MYT
November 22, 2022 08:12 MYT
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin met with media practitioners in the outer grounds of the Istana Negara, November 22, 2022. - Astro AWANI/Shahir Omar
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's King Al-Sultan Abdullah called on Tuesday the two main contenders to be prime minister - opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and former premier Muhyiddin Yassin - for an audience at 4.30 pm (0830 GMT), the palace said in a statement.
Saturday's election resulted in an unprecedented hung parliament, with neither opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim nor former premier Muhyiddin Yassin winning the simple majority needed to form a government.
The election prolongs political instability in the Southeast Asian nation, which has had three prime ministers in as many years, and risks delays to policy decisions needed to galvanise an economic recovery.
In a statement later, the palace said no lawmaker had managed to get a simple majority to be appointed as the prime minister.