The 98-year-old former PM was admitted to hospital on Aug 1 and treated for an infection. Read more at straitstimes.com.
ALOR SETAR – Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad came out to vote in his northern home state of Kedah on Saturday, in a rare public outingThe 98-year-old said the federal opposition alliance Perikatan Nasional would retain power in Kedah, as well as in the east coast states of Kelantan and Terengganu. He did not rule out a possibility of it winning Selangor and Negeri Sembilan, two states held by its rival Pakatan Harapan .
“But it is hard in Penang because there are not many areas where PN can win,” Tun Dr Mahathir told reporters after he and his wife Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali cast their votes at a polling station in the state capital of Alor Setar. Dr Mahathir said if PH loses in the three states which it currently controls, it should view this “rejection by the people” seriously.
However, he also noted that Umno, BN’s linchpin party, had previously won in the last Melaka and Johor state elections but went on to lose badly at the general election in November.While the outcome of the six state elections will not affect Datuk Seri Anwar’s two-thirds majority in the federal Parliament, Saturday’s polls are widely seen as a referendum on his unity government.
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