RETURN ANWAR IBRAHIM TO PARLIAMENT

MEDIA STATEMENT

LET US ALL RETURN ANWAR IBRAHIM BACK TO PARLIAMENT WHERE HE BELONGS

The Port Dickson Move is a valid and normal political strategy to get back into Parliament in such circumstances as faced by Anwar Ibrahim because it is legal and a way whereby the electorate can lawfully return a leader of their choice to the august House. It is a tried and tested democratic means.

Anwar Ibrahim was an MP and Parliamentary opposition leader just before he was unceremoniously removed by trumped up charges resulting in a long prison sentence which had disqualified his status as MP.

He has since been released and fully pardoned by His Majesty the King which absolved him from any wrongdoing and has expunged any trace of criminality from his records.

He is the leader of Parti Keadilan Rakyat, a partner in the present ruling coalition. Anwar was the chief negotiator and peacemaker in the run up to forming a fruitful and effective political pact which made winning GE14 on 9 May 2018 possible.

He is also the designated Prime Minister in waiting as formally agreed by Tun Dr Mahathir and all of the PH partners as well as being popularly accepted by the rakyat. His place and responsibility is to be there to lead the nation to success if the rakyat choses him.

Anwar Ibrahim is a Malaysian, a practising Muslim, a Malay, a democrat and he fights for justice and freedom for all Malaysians, and there is no problem or contradiction in all of these.

We should call out and put a stop to his detractors, who on one hand,  want to paint him 'liberal' and a 'sell out', while on the other extreme slander him ‘a closet Taliban'.

Anwar Ibrahim has been consistent throughout as a man striving for reform, fighting corruption, working hard for accountability and good governance, and championing the politics of idealism,  emphasizing moral imperatives and ethics in defending democracy and upholding justice transcending race and religion,  for all Malaysians.

Anwar Ibrahim's victory shall ensure the nation’s political stability as well as enabling an orderly implementation of the national leadership's succession plan thus safeguarding the continuity of Tun Mahathir's post-GE14 government.

We urge the people to come out en masse and vote resoundingly for Anwar Ibrahim.

AHMAD AZAM ABDUL RAHMAN

President

Wadah Pencerdasan Umat Malaysia (WADAH) /

Movement for an Informed Society Malaysia

29 September 2018/19 Muharam 1440H

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