REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, KUALA LUMPUR -- Wan Azizah Wan Ismail was sworn into Malaysia's parliament as opposition leader on Monday after winning the seat vacated by her husband Anwar Ibrahim when he was jailed on a sodomy conviction, media reports said.
Her return to parliament after seven years marks the second time that Wan Azizah, 62, has stepped in to lead the opposition after one of her husband's controversial imprisonments.
She faces the task of healing sharp divisions within the diverse three-party opposition alliance that Anwar has led to the brink of power but whose future is now uncertain with the removal of its central figure.
Earlier this month, Wan Azizah, a Western-trained doctor and mother of six, won a by-election for Anwar's seat.
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