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Anwar to be sworn in as MP today
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KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 27, 2008): Parti Keadilan Rakyat advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will be sworn in as Permatang Pauh MP in the Dewan Rakyat today.

Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia who announced this before the start of yesterday’s proceedings said his office received the letter from the Elections Commission on the Permatang Pauh by-election result yesterday's morning.

Dewan Rakyat secretary, Roosme Hamzah (right) and her assistant
Sujairi Abdullah arranging a new nameplate for Permatang Pauh MP
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in the Dewan Rakyat.

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

In a press conference later, Pandikar Amin said he had informed Anwar about the swearing in.

"The Election Commission has been effective. No one can force me not to allow Anwar to take his oath tomorrow. There is no reason why we cannot have the swearing in tomorrow," he said.

To a question, Pandikar Amin said it is not necessary for the swearing in to be held in the House, "it can be done anywhere including my office as long as he does it within 60 days."
On security matter, he said he did not see the necessity for the increase of security tomorrow.

"There is no need for everyone to come (Anwar's supporters). This is just an ordinary sitting with the Permatang Pauh seat vacated (by Anwar's wife Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail) and we had a by-election, and we know that Anwar is the elected representative," he added.

The Speaker added that Anwar is just an ordinary person and even if he is chosen to be the new Opposition leader, he expects decorum from the Opposition in Parliament, especially from Anwar who was a deputy prime minister and "should know it".

Asked if he expects the Opposition to table another motion of no-confidence against the prime minister, Pandikar Amin said: "Politics is a game. What is today will be different swearing in, I believe the Speaker will announce the appointment of the new Opposition leader.

"We are glad with the victory in Permatang Pauh with great majority and we are sending a clear message to Umno and Barisan Nasional that the people wanted a new politics," he addedt from tomorrow. They might try to get (motion of no confidence) ... but I don't know."

Parti Keadilan Rakyat vice-president Azmin Ali, who is Gombak MP, said he would hand over the an official letter endorsed by all Opposition parties (PKR, DAP, and PAS) to name Anwar as the new Opposition parliamentary leader.