From Times Online

Ten years after being forced from power by charges of sexual misconduct, Anwar Ibrahim was sworn in as the leader of the Malaysian opposition today and repeated his promise to drive out the government of the prime minister, Abdullah Badawi.

“I am glad to be back after a decade. I really feel vindicated. I feel great,” Mr Anwar said after being sworn in as a member of parliament and immediately elected as leader by the three party opposition coalition. “Clearly the prime minister has lost the mandate of the country and the nation.”

(more…)

From The Economist

AFTER an ugly, mudslinging campaign, a by-election on August 26th in the northern constituency of Permatang Pauh may have changed Malaysia’s political landscape permanently. The stakes were high. The main opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, bidding to return to parliament, had to win convincingly to keep up the momentum of his drive to unseat the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) and its allies, which have ruled since independence from Britain in 1957. The government, which lost its two-thirds majority (needed to change the constitution) in a general election in March, wanted at least to deny Mr Anwar a big majority. But he won by almost 16,000 votes, 2,000 more than in March, when his wife (with Mr Anwar above) defended the seat.

(more…)

Dari Malaysiakini

Selepas 10 tahun tidak menjejakkan kaki ke Dewan Rakyat, mantan timbalan perdana menteri Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim hari ini secara rasmi dilantik sebagai Ketua Pembangkang.

Ahli parlimen Permatang Pauh itu, yang baru memenangi kerusi tersebut dua hari lalu, mengangkat sumpah jam 10.05 pagi tadi, sejurus selepas bacaan doa di dewan yang mulia itu.

Anwar, 61, mengangkat sumpah di hadapan Yang Dipertua, Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia di Dewan Rakyat.

Yang Dipertua berkata, Anwar akan diberikan segala keistimewaan yang dinikmati oleh seorang ketua pembangkang.

Anwar yang berbaju Melayu biru tua, kemudian melangkah duduk di kerusi betul-betul berdepan dengan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

(more…)

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s leading opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim, a former deputy premier, rejoined parliament on Thursday, bringing him closer to his ambition of toppling the government and reforming the economy.

Anwar, once the protege of former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, was forced from office in 1998 on corruption and sodomy charges he said were false and part of a political conspiracy to ruin his political ambitions.

A decade on, he rejoins parliament filled with his political enemies and scores of fellow opposition lawmakers united in his quest to boot out the Barisan Nasional coalition that has ruled the country for the past 50 years.

(more…)

Saudara/i dijemput hadir ke majlis solat maghrib dan solat hajat di rumah Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim hari ini. Marilah kita memohon pertolongan Allah S.W.T di dalam menghadapi segala rintangan untuk Malaysia yang Merdeka.

Pejabat Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim

28 Ogos 2008

Pertemuan Pertama Majlis Pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat Dipengerusikan Ketua Pembangkang, Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim

Majlis Pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat telah mengadakan Pertemuan Pertama dengan dipengerusikan Ketua Pembangkang Baru, Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim pada pukul 11:00 pagi di Pejabat Ketua Pembangkang di tingkat 14, Bangunan Parlimen hari ini, Khamis 28 Ogos 2008.

Turut hadir dalam mesyuarat tersebut adalah Presiden PKR, Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, Presiden Pas, YB Dato’ Seri Hj Abdul Hadi Awang dan Pengerusi DAP, YB Karpal Singh. Selain itu, pimpinan tertinggi ketiga-tiga parti turut hadir iaitu YB Azmin Ali dan YB Dr Lee Boon Chye dari PKR; YB Nasharuddin Mat Isa, YB Kamarudin Jaafar dan YB Salahuddin Ayub dari PAS sementara YB Lim Kit Siang, YB Lim Guan Eng dan YB Teresa Kok mewakili DAP.

Dalam pertemuan tersebut Dato’ Seri Anwar mengucapkan penghargaan dan terima kasih kepada semua pimpinan dan penyokong Pakatan Rakyat yang telah bertungkus lumus membantu dalam memastikan Parlimen Permatang Pauh kekal di tangan Pakatan Rakyat. Kemenangan besar dan bilangan pengundi yang tinggi di Permatang Pauh adalah bukti nyata penolakan rakyat terhadap politik perkauman budaya fitnah dan politik wang.

Majlis Pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat buat kesekian kalinya mengulangi pendirian untuk memperkukuhkan semangat kerjasama di dalam Pakatan Rakyat. Dalam pertemuan tersebut juga semua pihak bersepakat untuk mengadakan Perhimpunan Pakatan Rakyat Sempena Menyambut Hari Kemerdekaan di Permatang Pauh pada 31 Ogos 2008 pada pukul 9:00 malam.

Dr Syed Husin Ali
Timbalan Presiden PKR
bagi pihak Sekretariat Pakatan Rakyat

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will appear on 101 East this week (all times GMT+8). Al Jazeera programmes can be viewed online here.

28/8 – 8:30 PM; 29/8 – 3:30 AM, 11:00 AM, 2:30 PM, 10:00 PM

30/8 – 1:30 PM; 1/9 – 9:30 AM; 2/9 – 6:30 PM; 3/9 – 3:30 PM

Earlier interviews with Al Jazeera can be viewed here, here, here and here.

KOTA BHARU, 27 Ogos (Hrkh) – PAS menyifatkan kemenangan calon Pakatan Rakyat pada pilihan raya kecil Permatang Pauh semalam membuktikan rakyat sudah jelak dengan kempen politik melampau Barisan Nasional (BN).

Mursyidul Am, Tuan Guru Dato’ Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat berkata, rakyat menolak calon BN walaupun pelbagai serangan dihala terhadap bekas Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim terutamanya tuduhan liwat kali kedua.

“Zaman Umno dan BN menggunakan kempen politik melampau sudah berlalu kerana rakyat hari ini tidak sama berbanding zaman sebelum merdeka,” katanya selepas menyaksikan majlis menandatangani perjanjian persefahaman antara Ladang Rakyat dan Panmont Height Sdn Bhd bagi melaksanakan projek tanaman pokok jatropha (jarak) dan nanas.

Beliau yang juga Menteri Besar Kelantan berkata, rakyat Malaysia termasuk penduduk bukan Islam kini mendekati perjuangan yang didokong PAS kerana mementingkan keadilan dan kesejahteraan rakyat.

(more…)

by Dr. Chen Man Hin

PERMATANG PAUH SENDS A CLEAR CONFIRMATION OF THE MESSAGE FOR CHANGE OF MARCH 8TH GENERAL ELECTIONS, AND IS A STUNNING VICTORY FOR PAKATAN RAKYAT FIRST-EVER ELECTION CAMPAIGN.

Anwar Ibrahim won by a clear majority of 15,671 votes in a constituency representative of the multiracial composition in Malaysia.

It is a very significant victory for the Pakatan Rakyat philosopy of democracy, justice, racial equality, freedom of religion, rule of law and transparency.

It is particularly significant as Malays form 69% of the electorate (41,000) with a good mix of Chinese and other races.

(more…)

Al Jazeera.net

Malaysia’s opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, is set to be sworn in as a member of parliament two days after a landslide by-election win marked his return to mainstream politics.

Anwar, a member of the Keadilan (Justice) party, won a decisive victory on Tuesday in a contest for Permatang Pauh, a constituency in his northern home state of Penang.

Pandikar Amin Mulia, the speaker of Malaysia’s lower house of parliament, said Anwar will be formally sworn in as legislator on Thursday.

This will allow Anwar, a former deputy prime minister and finance minister, to attend the tabling of the annual budget in parliament on Friday by Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysia’s prime minister.

(more…)

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 (Bernama) — Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will be sworn in Member of Parliament for Permatang Pauh on Thursday.

Dewan Rakyat Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia made the announcement before starting Wednesday’s session of the Dewan Rakyat.

“The result for the Permatang Pauh by-election is already out and the decision favours Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, so he will be sworn in on Thursday,” he said.

He said the House would be informed of the arrangements for the swearing-in later.

(more…)