Mahathir to do best as interim minister

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad is proposing to lead a united government and has invited lawmakers from rival political parties to join, political sources said after his shock resignation as prime minister.

Mahathir proposed the idea of a grand coalition to leaders of the major political parties he met on Tuesday morning, including those from his recently collapsed coalition and parties they defeated in the 2018 election, sources said.