PORT DICKSON, Malaysia — Malaysia’s prime minister-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim on Saturday kicked off his campaign for a byelection in coming weeks but faces a multi-cornered fight in his bid to return to active politics. Escorted by scores of supporters including some cabinet ministers, Anwar submitted his nomination papers at the town hall in the southern coastal town of Port Dickson. Port Dickson voters will want a heavyweight to represent them,” said James Chin, head of Asia Institute in Australia’s University of Tasmania. Anwar is the designated successor to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, currently the world’s oldest leader at 93. Mahathir has said he expects to be in office for at least two years and will keep his promise to hand over power to Anwar.

Source: National Post September 29, 2018 04:48 UTC