Zahid is welcome to support or oppose govt, Dr M says

(The Star) – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad elaborated today that acting Umno president Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi wanted to express support for the new Pakatan Harapan government during a meeting yesterday.

The prime minister said Zahid — who has since replaced Datuk Seri Naji Razak as the leader of the battered Barisan Nasional coalition — had called and asked for the meeting in Putrajaya yesterday.

“He is interested in supporting the government,” Dr Mahathir told a news conference in the federal administrative capital after chairing a Cabinet meeting.

He then added: “He is welcome to support or oppose the government.”