Lawyer seeks to disqualify Anwar as PM, Tambun MP

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P Waytha Moorthy says Anwar Ibrahim's pardon order doesn't expressly state the removal of a five-year exemption from contesting in an election.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/08/12/lawyer-seeks-to-disqualify-anwar-as-pm-tambun-mp  Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/08/12/peguam-mohon-lucut-kelayakan-anwar-sebagai-pm-ahli-parlimen-tambun  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #PWaythaMoorthy #AnwarIbrahim

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00:00Lawyer P. Weita Murti has filed a suit seeking a declaration that Anwar Ibrahim should not

00:06have been elected as Tambun MP in November 2022 and appointed Prime Minister.

00:12He contends this is because Anwar's 2018 royal pardon did not state that he was exempt from

00:17the five-year disqualification period for contesting an election after being released

00:21from prison.

00:23Weita, a minister in Dr. Mahathir Mohamad's cabinet from 2018 to 2020, wants the High

00:28Court to declare Anwar's election as Tambun MP on November 19, 2022, and his appointment

00:34as Prime Minister five days later, null and void.

00:38The originating summons was filed today at the High Court by solicitors, Messrs. Karthik

00:42Shan, with Anwar named as the defendant.

00:45Weita, who filed the action in his capacity as a lawyer, said he brought the public interest

00:50action to uphold the rule of law, the federal constitution, and to protect the integrity

00:54of Malaysia's parliamentary democracy.

00:57The Malaysian Advancement Party president said Anwar was convicted and sentenced to a

01:02jail term exceeding one year, which would disqualify him from being elected as a member of the

01:07Dewan Rakyat by Article 48, Subsection 1E of the federal constitution.

01:12Natasha Bust, FMT.

01:14The Barnum and the

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