Court sets Feb 25 to hear PM's bid to strike out Waytha's suit

The Kuala Lumpur High Court has set Feb 25 for the hearing of Anwar Ibrahim’s application to strike out an originating summons filed by former minister, P Waytha Moorthy, over Anwar’s appointment as prime minister and as the Tambun MP.

Judge Alice Loke fixed the date at today’s case management, which was also attended by lawyer S Karthigesan, representing Waytha Moorthy, and lawyers Daniel Albert and Nicholas Yap, representing Anwar.

Also present was federal counsel Sallehuddin Ali from the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) as amicus curiae (friend of the court).

Earlier, Albert informed the court that lead counsel representing the Prime Minister, Ranjit Singh, was unable to attend today’s proceedings due to health issues and apologised for the short notice.

Karthigesan, meanwhile, told the court that his client, who was also a legal practitioner, had applied to act as co-counsel in the case and that he would be submitting arguments on specific issues to be raised in the matter.

On Oct 10 last year, Anwar applied to strike out the originating summons as it contravened various mandatory procedural and constitutional as well as statutory requirements prescribed for challenging or questioning election results.

According to the prime minister, the summons was baseless, disclosed no reasonable cause of action and constituted an abuse of the court process.

On Aug 12, 2025, Waytha, as the plaintiff, filed the originating summons seeking declarations that Anwar’s appointment as prime minister on Nov 24, 2022, was unconstitutional, null, and void.

The Hindraf chairperson also sought declarations that Anwar’s election as the Tambun MP in the 15th general election was likewise unconstitutional, null, and void.

On Aug 14 the same year, the AGC said in a media statement that there was no issue of Anwar having lost his eligibility as an MP and prime minister.

This followed a full pardon by the 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong to Anwar, who was deemed to have never committed any offence.

The AGC said any challenge to the election of an MP should be made through an election petition as provided under Article 118 of the Federal Constitution and must be filed within the period stipulated under Section 38 of the Election Offences Act 1954.

- Bernama

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