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Thu, 08/28/2008 - 19:12
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ANWAR SWORN IN AS MP
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 (Bernama) -- People's Justice Party (Parti Keadilan Rakyat) (PKR) advisor Anwar Ibrahim was sworn in as a member of Parliament at the Lower House of Parliament (Dewan Rakyat) Thursday morning.
Clad in a dark baju Melayu with a songkok, the newly elected Permatang
Pauh MP took the oath before Dewan Rakyat Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia, followed
by the traditional thumping on the table as a sign of approval and support from
opposition MPs in the House.
Anwar, who has been made opposition leader, also received words of advice
from Pandikar Amin, who after the oath-taking ceremony, said he hoped that Anwar
would play a beneficial role in the Dewan Rakyat.
He said Anwar would also be accorded all privilages given to an opposition
chief.
As soon as the brief ceremony was over, Sepanggar MP Eric E. Majimbun of
National Front (Barisan Nasional) (BN) congratulated Anwar over his by-election
victory and selection as the opposition leader before proceeding to ask the
first question of the day.
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohamed Nazri Abd
Aziz also congratulated Anwar before before replying to the first question.
Speaking to the media after spending about 10 minutes in the Dewan Rakyat,
Anwar said he felt vindicated, returning to Parliament after a 10-year
hiatus.
"I was touched and vindicated coming back to Parliament after 10 years.
After all that I had gone through in that time, now it feels good to be back, it
is my right," he said.
Anwar won the Permatang Pauh parliamentary seat with a 15,671-vote majority
on Tuesday, garnering 31,195 votes against BN's Arif Shah Omar Shah, 51,
who obtained 15,524 votes.
The other candidate, Hanafi Mamat, 61, of Angkatan Keadilan Insan Malaysia
(Akim), who polled 92 votes, lost his deposit.
Anwar, the former deputy pime minister, was sacked from the government in
1998 in connection with sodomy and abuse of power charges.
Clad in a dark baju Melayu with a songkok, the newly elected Permatang
Pauh MP took the oath before Dewan Rakyat Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia, followed
by the traditional thumping on the table as a sign of approval and support from
opposition MPs in the House.
Anwar, who has been made opposition leader, also received words of advice
from Pandikar Amin, who after the oath-taking ceremony, said he hoped that Anwar
would play a beneficial role in the Dewan Rakyat.
He said Anwar would also be accorded all privilages given to an opposition
chief.
As soon as the brief ceremony was over, Sepanggar MP Eric E. Majimbun of
National Front (Barisan Nasional) (BN) congratulated Anwar over his by-election
victory and selection as the opposition leader before proceeding to ask the
first question of the day.
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohamed Nazri Abd
Aziz also congratulated Anwar before before replying to the first question.
Speaking to the media after spending about 10 minutes in the Dewan Rakyat,
Anwar said he felt vindicated, returning to Parliament after a 10-year
hiatus.
"I was touched and vindicated coming back to Parliament after 10 years.
After all that I had gone through in that time, now it feels good to be back, it
is my right," he said.
Anwar won the Permatang Pauh parliamentary seat with a 15,671-vote majority
on Tuesday, garnering 31,195 votes against BN's Arif Shah Omar Shah, 51,
who obtained 15,524 votes.
The other candidate, Hanafi Mamat, 61, of Angkatan Keadilan Insan Malaysia
(Akim), who polled 92 votes, lost his deposit.
Anwar, the former deputy pime minister, was sacked from the government in
1998 in connection with sodomy and abuse of power charges.
