Mahathir calls for coalition meeting

Mahathir calls for coalition meeting

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has called for a meeting of the leaders of his ruling political coalition on Oct. 25, The Star newspaper said on Thursday.

The meeting of the heads of the Barisan Nasional (National Front) will be held a day after the coalition holds its 25th anniversary celebrations, the daily said.

It quoted leaders of the component parties as saying the agenda of the meeting was not given, but they said that elections were expected to be the main topic.

Mahathir must call national polls by June 2000, but there have been wide expectations that elections would be held around the middle of next month.