Malaysia's monarchy to rule on pathway out of political turmoil

Malaysia's nine monarchs are due to meet on Friday to determine how the cou...

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia’s nine monarchs are due to meet on Friday to determine how the country’s next government will be formed after the shock resignation of Mahathir Mohamad earlier this week created political turmoil.

Mahathir, who was named by Malaysia’s king as interim premier immediately after resigning on Monday, said on Thursday after a further meeting with the king that parliament would hold an unprecedented vote for a new leader on Monday. The vote flagged by Mahathir upends that system by allowing all members of parliament to vote for a leader across party lines. Such a vote would be in line with Mahathir’s proposal to head a unity government that would draw ministers from any party he likes.

“I think it’s interesting that for the first time in the history we have parliament determining the prime minister, something unprecedented,” Tian Chua, a former lawmaker from Anwar’s party, told Reuters by telephone. “Regardless who is the chosen one, it shows our democracy is maturing.”The nine sultans, led by Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, will meet at 0330 GMT. They serve as hereditary ceremonial heads of individual Malaysian states.

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