(May 10): Najib Razak said he’ll accept whomever Malaysia’s king picks as the next prime minister after his ruling coalition suffered a historic defeat in Wednesday’s election.

The four-party opposition bloc led by Mahathir Mohamad won a parliamentary majority, ending the six-decade rule of Najib’s party in a landmark shift for the Southeast Asian nation. Mahathir, Malaysia’s longest-serving premier who defected to the opposition to take on Najib’s Barisan Nasional coalition, is in position to return to power at the age of 92.

It’s unclear when Mahathir will be sworn in as prime minister, with a palace aide saying it wouldn’t take place on Thursday. Najib noted that no single party won a majority, and the king must decide who has the trust of all lawmakers.

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