{"id":15818,"date":"2022-12-17T10:38:59","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T02:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=15818"},"modified":"2022-12-17T10:39:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T02:39:00","slug":"dr-m-resigns-as-pejuang-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=15818","title":{"rendered":"Dr M resigns as Pejuang chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kuala Lumpur, Dec 17<\/strong> — Former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad has resigned as the chairman of Pejuang, the party he founded in 2020 after quitting Bersatu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Road safety activist Lando Zawawi, who was a Pejuang candidate in Tanjong Karang during the 15th general election, confirmed the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mahathir\u2019s family had wanted him to take a step back from politics and \u201ccontinue as a statesman\u201d, according to a Pejuang leader, adding that \u201cI\u2019m not sure if that is indeed the reason (for his resignation).\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Several reports state that Mahathir remains the chairman of Gerakan Tanah Air, a loose coalition of Malay-based parties, NGOs, academics as well as professionals, that he formed before the general election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GTA fielded 158 candidates in the elections, of whom 116 vied for parliamentary seats. They contested under the Pejuang banner but all lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mahathir and his son, Mukhriz, were among 369 general election candidates who lost their deposits, after polling less than one-eighth of the votes cast in Langkawi and Jerlun respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mahathir only obtained 4,566 votes in a five-cornered fight in Langkawi, with Perikatan Nasional winning the seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mahathir was president of Umno and chairman of Barisan Nasional from 1981 to 2003 during which time he was also prime minister. He left Umno in 2016 and co-founded Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu), which was part of the Pakatan Harapan coalition with PKR, DAP, Amanah and Upko.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He left Bersatu in 2020 after Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin led the party into forming a coalition government with PAS and Barisan Nasional. Mahathir co-founded Pejuang later that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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