Former Prime Minister Mahathir of Malaysia did not run in the general election three years later Reason for aging September 27, 15:25

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir has announced that he will not run for the parliamentary general election, which will expire three years later, because of his old age.

However, if the parliament is dissolved in the middle of the term, it will be decided again whether or not to run for office.

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir said in a press conference for local media on the northern island of Langkawi on the 26th that he would be 98 years old if the general election was scheduled three years later. I made it clear that I would not run for a reason.



Mahathir has been Prime Minister for 22 years since 1981, and is known as a Japanese sect that has developed Malaysia into one of Southeast Asia's leading industrialized nations with the "Look East" to learn Japanese industrial technology and working spirit. I am.



In the general election, he won the election by eradicating corruption, which had been a problem in the previous administration, and returned to the prime minister, but in February, he resigned from the prime minister due to a power struggle within the ruling party, and after that he became a member of the Diet. I have continued my activities.



In Malaysia, Prime Minister Muhyiddin took over as Prime Minister after Mahathir without an election, and the ruling and opposition parties are in a fierce conflict and political instability has occurred if the people's confidence has not been obtained.



Under these circumstances, Mahathir's aide told NHK that if the parliament was dissolved in the middle of his term and the general election was held, he would decide again whether to run for the election.