The new government's priority is to implement the reforms it promised, said Deputy Prime Minister-designate Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.

“What we want for (Prime Minister) Dr Mahathir Mohamad's government is for it to run smoothly, for it to bring about the change we want.

“Especially the Reformasi agenda, that is what we will prioritise,” she told reporters after visiting her husband and PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim at the Cheras Rehabilitation Hospital in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon.

Pressed further, Wan Azizah, who is also PKR president, clarified there is no rush to make Anwar prime minister.

“Oh tidak (we won’t install him as PM in haste). This is all part of what we have planned,” she said.

In an interview with Singapore’s Straits Times, former finance minister Daim Zainuddin said it would be “foolish” to rush the installation of Anwar as prime minister.

Daim is a member of the advisory council appointed by Mahathir, who has promised to relinquish the prime minister post to Anwar in two or three years.

On the eve of voting, Anwar had urged Malaysians to back Mahathir at the polls.

Previously, Mahathir had promised to allow Anwar to succeed him after two years.

However, closer to the election date, Mahathir appeared to have wavered on the timeline.

Anwar was imprisoned in 2015 for sodomising his aide, a charge he maintains was politically motivated.

The Federal Territories Pardons Board is slated to meet tomorrow to decide on Anwar’s release from prison and granting him a full pardon.

Many, including Wan Azizah, expect him to be released tomorrow.

A rally celebrating Anwar’s release has also been planned for tomorrow night.