Kuala Lampur, Aug. 18 -- Lawyer P. Waytha Moorthy on Tuesday (August 12) filed a legal action or suit seeking a declaration that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim should not have been elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Tambun in November 2022 and appointed prime minister.

He contends that Anwar's 2018 royal pardon did not state that he was exempt from the five-year disqualification period for contesting an election after being released from prison.

Waytha, a minister in Dr Mahathir Mohamad's Cabinet from 2018 to 2020, wants the High Court here to declare Anwar's election as Tambun MP on Nov 19, 2022, and his appointment as prime minister five days later, null and void.

Waytha's suit is by way of an Originating Summons (OS) naming Anwa...