Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who has been named Pakatan Harapan's chairperson, said the coalition will appoint a prime minister and not someone on an interim basis for the post if it wins the next general election.

However, he said there has been no decision on who this person would be.

“We have not made a decision. We would not have a PM in waiting or an interim PM.

“It is not going to be interim, it is going to be a PM,” he told reporters when met outside the Kuala Lumpur High Court this afternoon...