KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 12): Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim will contest for a seat in the country’s parliament, his party announced on Wednesday, as a party MP resigned to make way for the senior leader just months after their coalition won a shock May general election.

Anwar, who just returned to public life after years of incarceration, has been named the ruling coalition’s prime minister-in-waiting but needs a seat in parliament to legitimise his position should Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad step down for him in this term, as promised.

Anwar will contest the coastal seat of Port Dickson in the south-western state of Negri Sembilan, and his People’s Justice Party (PKR) has pledged to pull all the stops to ensure his return to active politics and eventually lead the Pakatan Harapan, or Pact of Hope, government.

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