The Star, Tuesday January 28, 2014
PETALING JAYA: Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will contest the Kajang state seat in the upcoming by-election.
In a packed press conference at
the PKR headquarters on Tuesday, Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid
Ibrahim announced Anwar's candidacy for the state seat.
Asked if he agreed to Anwar running in the by-election, Khalid said: "If I did not agree, I would not be here."
Winning a state seat will enable Anwar to join the Selangor Legislative Assembly and take over the top job.
The N25 Kajang seat had fallen vacant following the sudden resignation of Kajang assemblyman Lee Chin Cheh on Monday.
Selangor Speaker Hannah Yeoh confirmed
that Lee Chin Cheh, who is from PKR, had resigned his state seat. Lee
handed in his letter at 3pm after meeting Anwar two hours earlier —
paving the way for a by-election in Kajang.
It will be the second time a by-election is held to accommodate the Permatang Pauh MP.
His wife, Datin Seri Wan Azizah
Wan Ismail, stepped down as Permatang Pauh MP on July 31, 2008 and a
by-election was held on Aug 26.
At the time, Wan Azizah was
Opposition Leader. Anwar won and was sworn into Parliament on Aug 28,
taking over as the Opposition Leader.
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