No issue over Anwar’s eligibility as MP, PM, says AGC

By FMT in August 14, 2025 – Reading time 1 minute

agc — The Attorney-General’s Chambers said those wishing to challenge the results of an election should file a petition.

PEATLING JAYA:

The Attorney-General’s Chambers said the full pardon Anwar Ibrahim obtained from the 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong meant he had never committed any wrongdoing.

“Therefore, the issue revolving around Anwar‘s eligibility as the Tambun MP or prime minister does not arise,” it said in a statement this evening.

The AGC was responding to a former federal minister’s bid to disqualify Anwar as an MP and his appointment as the prime minister.

In a suit filed at the High Court on Tuesday, lawyer P Waytha Moorthy argued that the royal pardon granted to the PKR president in 2018 did not state that he was exempt from the five-year disqualification period for contesting an election after being released from prison.