By Rozanna Latiff, Liz Lee and Mei Mei ChuKUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysia’s king asked leaders from different parties to work together to address the economic and health woes facing the country, as he began a search on Tuesday to replace Muhyiddin Yassin as prime minister. The constitutional monarch, King Al-Sultan Abdullah, who met leaders of political parties on Tuesday, had previously ruled out elections because of the pandemic, saying he would appoint a prime minister he believed likely to command a majority. Muhyiddin then put together a coalition with political parties that were defeated in the polls, including UMNO. No single political party has a majority in parliament, so a successful prime ministerial candidate will have to forge a coalition. (Reporting by Rozanna Latiff, Mei Mei Chu and Liz Lee; Writing by A. Ananthalakshmi; Editing by Clarence Fernandez and David Holmes)

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