Mahathir gatecrashes ‘too old to be PM’ forum

Sick of people sniping about his advancing years, Malaysia’s 92-year-old ex-leader Mahathir Mohamad gatecrashed a forum where voters were discussing whether he was too old to return as prime minister.

“I am here, guys. Say it to my face,” tweeted a defiant Mahathir, who is seeking the top job again as the opposition’s candidate in looming polls, with a picture of himself at the discussion late Thursday.

Mahathir, who was premier for 22 years, has returned to frontline politics after a 15year break to take on scandal-plagued Prime Minister Najib Razak at the election due by August.

But his old age has raised questions about his ability to rule if the opposition succeeds in toppling the long-ruling coalition.

In the unlikely event Najib is unseated, Mahathir would become the world’s oldest prime minister.