UPDATED. King Al-Sultan Abdullah announces a special council after meeting lawmakers from the incumbent Barisan Nasional coalition.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysia’s king on Wednesday, November 23, called a special meeting of his fellow hereditary sultans to discuss who should be prime minister as an unprecedented post-election crisis entered its fourth day.
“The purpose of the meeting of the Council of Malay Rulers is for the King to get the thoughts of the Malay rulers so that he can make a decision for the wellbeing for the people and the country,” the palace said. Malaysia has a unique constitutional monarchy in which kings are chosen in turn from the royal families of nine states to reign for a five-year term.
Barisan won only 30 seats – the worst electoral performance for a coalition that had dominated politics since independence in 1957 – but the support of its members of parliament will be crucial for both Anwar and Muhyiddin to get to 112.Muhyiddin said he had declined the king’s suggestion for the rivals to work together to form a “unity government”. Muhyiddin runs an ethnic Malay Muslim conservative alliance, while Anwar heads a multi-ethnic coalition.
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