Headline Wan Azizah is back-up candidate MediaTitle New Sunday Times Date 30 Mar 2014 Language English Circulation 156,910 Readership 295,000 Section Local News Color Full Color Page No 8 ArticleSize 666 cm² AdValue RM 21,728 PR Value RM 65,184 'Wan Azizah is back­up candidate'

ADIB POVERA AND IU SHAZWANI party polls: Anwar News of the battle triggered spec­ that is history. I have made my ulation that a huge fight between decision and filed my paper." the leaders is on the cards, as they It will be a daunting task for says wife will quit are said to have their own sup­ Azmin to defend his post, with five porters in the party. aspiring candidates, including his race if his sodomy The couple's daughter, Nurul Iz­ political nemesis, conviction is zah Anwar, said Wan Azizah would Menteri BesarTan Sri Abdul Khalid make the justification for her can­ Ibrahim, vying to become the par­ overturned didacy soon. Asked who she sup­ ty's No. 2. The other contenders include PARTI Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) ported, the Lembah Pantai mem­ de facto leader Datuk Seri ber of parliament said: "We have 10 PKR secretary­general Datuk Sai­ claimed that days before the list of candidates is fuddin Nasution, former Puchong finalised.­ Both of them have 10 PKR division chief S. Murali and his wife, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Datuk K. Ramachandram, who Ismail, filed her nomination papers days to win my votes." contested as the PKR candidate for to defend the president's post in Universiti Utara polit­ the party as part of their back­up ical analyst Associate Professor Dr the Batang Kali state seat in the Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Sani be­ plan should he be disqualified 13th General Election. lieves that Wan Azizah will with­ from the race. Joining the contest for the draw from the race if her husband The opposition leader and Per­ deputy president's post is Batu MP matang Pauh member of parlia­ succeeds in overturning his Tian Chua, who sprung a surprise ment also hinted that his wife sodomy conviction at the Federal as he will also be defending his Court. would withdraw from the race vice­president's post. "I think Wan Azizah will with­ should he get the green light to The contest for the vice­pres­ +contest the party's top post. draw (from the race) to allow him to idents' posts will be a crowded Anwar, who has filed an appeal become party president. race, as it sees the participation of against his sodomy conviction by "The opposition leader (Anwar) 16 candidates, including Tian the Court of Appeal at the Federal is needed to bring a sense of pur­ Chua. Also defending their vice­ Court, denied speculation that pose to PKR, since it has always presidents' posts are Nurul Izzah, both he and Wan Azizah were eye­ been known as a party for Anwar's Padang Serai MP N. Surendran, ing the post. struggle. Anwar is trying to set a MP and "It is just part of the back­up long­term agenda for his future in PKR chief Datuk Dr Mansor plan. If I get the clearance to con­ the party," he told the New Sunday Othman. test, Wan Azizah will withdraw to Times. Other contenders for the vice­ make way for me," he said after a Earlier, there were rumours that presidents' posts include ' ceramah organised by the Pokok incumbent PKR deputy president PKR chief , outgoing PKR Sena Pas division here last night. Azmin Ali would contest the pres­ Youth chief Shamsul Iskandar Md In Petiling Jaya, Wan Azizah's ident's post when he arrived at the Akin, PKR strategy director Rafizi shocking move to square off party's headquarters an hour be­ Ramli, Bukit Lanjan assemblyman against Anwar was confirmed by fore the closing period to submit Elizabeth Wong, PKR supreme his nomination form. The Gombak PKR central election committee council member Yahya Shaari, Sri chairman Datuk after MP, however, said he would only be Andalas assemblyman Dr Xavier nomination for the party polls defending his post. Jayakumar, PKR chief closed at 5pm at the party head­ On why he had submitted his Mustaffa Kamil. Ayub and former quarters here yesterday. nomination papers in the last hour Kajang state assemblyman Lee Wan Azizah, through her rep­ of nomination, Azmin said he had a Chin Cheh. resentative, filed her nomination long discussion with his colleagues A total of 78 candidates will be papers in the afternoon, but her about his political future. contesting seats in the 20­member "I also discussed with Anwar be­ candidacy was confirmed only af­ central committee. fore we decided that I should retain ter the last of three series of an­ The party polls will be held from nouncements on candidates was my post." April 25 to May 11. The results will made. The couple submitted their Asked if the delay was because of be announced two days later. Ad­ his earlier intention to contest the nomination forms through their ditional reporting by Lavanya Lingan representatives. . president's post, Azmin said: "Well, Headline Wan Azizah is back-up candidate MediaTitle New Sunday Times Date 30 Mar 2014 Language English Circulation 156,910 Readership 295,000 Section Local News Color Full Color Page No 8 ArticleSize 666 cm² AdValue RM 21,728 PR Value RM 65,184

PKR nominations

Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim Wan Ismail (incumbent)

DEPUTY PRESIDENT 10. 3. Azmin Ali (incumbent) 11. Yahya Shaari 2. Tian Chua () 12. Lee Chin Cheh 3. Tan Sri Abdul 13. Kiurul Izzah Anwar (incumbent) 4. Datuk Saifuddin Nasution Ismail 14. Dr Xavier Jayakumar 5. Datuk K. Ramachandram 15. Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin 6. S. Murali 16. Tian Chua (incumbent)

VICE­PRESIDENTS CENTRAL COMMITTEE (5 POSITIONS) (78 CANDIDATES) 1. Baru Bian 2. Datuk Dr Youth chief (incumbent) X Nik Azmi Nik Ahmad 3. Fuziah Salleh (incumbent) 2. Mohd Nazree Yunus 4. R. Suresh Kumar 3. Amiruddin Shaari 5. N. Surendran (incumbent) 6. Mustaffa Kamil Ayub Women chief 7. Elizabeth Wong 1. 8. Dr Shanmugam Ramasamy (incumbent) 9. Dr Streram Sinnasamy 2. Headline Wan Azizah is back-up candidate MediaTitle New Sunday Times Date 30 Mar 2014 Language English Circulation 156,910 Readership 295,000 Section Local News Color Full Color Page No 8 ArticleSize 666 cm² AdValue RM 21,728 PR Value RM 65,184

Uei("tSor ^enteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim (second from left, front row) with supporters at the PKR headquarters in Petalmg Jaya yesterday. Pic by Syaharim Abidin