According to Dr Mahathir Mohamad, it will be up to the new leadership to decide on Anwar's future.

What does that say about the independence of the judiciary? Are the so-called 'learned justices' of the Federal Court to be deprived of both speech and judgement?

This is the clearest statement yet that the judiciary is merely a tool of the government. It is also an admission that Anwar's incarceration has always been, and still will be, politically motivated.