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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