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Anwar's wife to contest his old constituency in political debut
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 (AFP) - The wife of Malaysia's jailed
ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim
says she will contest his former parliamentary seat in the
November 29 general election on
behalf of the opposition party she heads.
Wan Azizah Wan Ismail told AFP she would stand in the Permatang
Pauh constituency in Penang
state which her husband held for the ruling United Malays National
Organisation (UMNO).
In an interview Wednesday night she said her National Justice
Party (Keadilan) would also
nominate her husband as a candidate but declined to say in which
constituency.
Anwar is the candidate for premier of an opposition alliance
including the DAP, the National
Justice Party and the Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS).
He had held the Permatang Pauh seat in the northern state of
Penang since 1982. In September
1998, after a falling out with Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, he
was sacked as deputy
premier and finance minister, expelled from the party and detained
-- initially under an internal
security law.
He was jailed in April for six years for abuse of official powers
and is now on trial for sodomy.
Anwar's supporters have argued that since his appeal is pending
against his corruption
conviction, he has the right to contest the election even though
he is in jail.
A candidate need not be present in person to file his nomination
papers this Saturday.
Keadilan spokesman Raja Petra Kamaruddin had said earlier that the
party had not decided
whether to nominate Anwar since the Election Commission refused to
say if he was qualified.
"They are just being evasive and not giving us a direct answer.
They ask us to try our luck but we
cannot do that," he said.
The commission has said it would leave it to the relevant
registration officer to decide on
nomination day if Anwar can stand.
"If Anwar's nomination is rejected, then the (ruling) National
Front will win the seat uncontested.
We can't just give them the seat free of charge without putting up
a fight. That's our dilemma,"
Raja Petra said.
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