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The Malaysian Election Commission has set August 26 for the Permatang Pauh by-election. Nomination will be on August 16, it announced after a meeting today.
The by-election follows the resignation of incumbent Permatang Pauh Member of Parliament, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, who won the seat for the third time on March 8.
It was to make way for her husband, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who was the incumbent until the 1999 general election. Anwar, heir-apparent to then Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, was sacked as Deputy Premier on September 2, 1997.
He was jailed for sodomy and corruption in 1998 but the sodomy conviction was overturned by a higher court 3 years ago. However, the conviction on corruption stayed which prohibited him from contesting on March 8.
The by-election follows the resignation of incumbent Permatang Pauh Member of Parliament, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, who won the seat for the third time on March 8.
It was to make way for her husband, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who was the incumbent until the 1999 general election. Anwar, heir-apparent to then Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, was sacked as Deputy Premier on September 2, 1997.
He was jailed for sodomy and corruption in 1998 but the sodomy conviction was overturned by a higher court 3 years ago. However, the conviction on corruption stayed which prohibited him from contesting on March 8.
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