PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang (photo, above) said his party and Umno will work to keep Dr Mahathir Mohamad as prime minister for the full term.<br /><br />This was despite a Pakatan Harapan consensus for Mahathir to eventually handover power to PKR president Anwar Ibrahim before the end of his term.<br /><br />Hadi said Mahathir's Malay Muslim party Bersatu must be defended because other multi-racial parties in Harapan did not have the "characteristics of Islamic leadership", according to Harakahdaily.<br />
