Instead, he acted as the de facto leader of a loose alliance between the three leading opposition forces – the Democratic Action Party (DAP), the Justice Party, and the Islamist PAS. Political restrictions on Anwar, however, end next month, and an MP from his Justice Party – probably his wife – is expected to step aside to allow him to run in a by-election.
由于刑期未满，Anwar不能参加最近的选举。因此他就扮演了三个主要反对党派—民主行动党(DAP)、正义党和伊斯兰主义者的PAS所组成的松散联盟的实际领导人的角色。但对Anwar的政治制约到下个月就终止了。他所在的正义党的一位议员—很可能是他的妻子—会让位从而使他能参加补缺选举。