KUALA LUMPUR: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) today announced Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as the candidate for the vacant Kajang state assembly seat.

The announcement was made by the Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim at a packed press conference at the PKR headquarters.

Yesterday, Kajang assemblyman Lee Chin Cheh resigned from his post, firing talks that the move will pave way for Anwar to become the new Selangor Menteri Besar.

However, Anwar denied the news, describing it as nothing but “mere speculation".

He had said that the suggestion of a possible takeover was an old issue that had been discussed openly since 2008.

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