For Malaysian tourists: all looks nice and quite in Malaysia. And so it is

Behind the scenes politics continues, and Anwar Ibrahim is re-appearing, despite a ban on taking any political post in Malaysia until 2008.

Yet abiding the law to the letter, all so far is legal:

• Anwar Ibrahim will run for president of the party PKR, formally run by Anwar’s wife
• The party has nominated him to contest for the next president’s post.
• Anwar Ibrahim has accepted that he will run

And strictly speaking:
being nominated doesn’t mean you are holding a political post.

Politics of course are played by all politicians: the ruling government can still pull of early elections (general election must be held before early 2009):

anytime Anwar Ibrahim has no political post, he cannot participate in general elections…

For those just strolling around in Malaysia as a tourist: don’t forget to put sunbathing cream…

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