Julian Assange Runs For Office In Australia 192
mpawlo writes "Mr Julian Assange of Wikileaks fame, has, according to The Age, confirmed his intention to run for the Australian Senate in 2013. He will also form a Wikileaks political party. From the article: 'Mr Assange said plans to register an Australian WikiLeaks party were ''significantly advanced''. He indicated he would be a Senate candidate, and added that "a number of very worthy people admired by the Australian public" have indicated their availability to stand for election on a party ticket. Mr Assange said he is able to fulfill the requirements to register as an overseas elector in either New South Wales or Victoria and that he will shortly take a "strategic decision" about which state he would be a Senate candidate for.'"
Best of luck (Score:5, Informative)
The minute he steps out of the Ecuadorian embassy, he'll be arrested and bundled onto the next plane to Sweden.
Re:Arresting a politician? (Score:5, Informative)
PS don't you have to be charged before you can be arrested?
Um, no. Almost any country in the world can hold you for a certain time without charges (eg. 24 hours).
Re:I like it! (Score:5, Informative)
Alleged != Guilty - Not that it matters in the court of public opinion, as you just clearly illustrated ;)
Re:I like it! (Score:4, Informative)
There is nothing curiously broad about it - unless you consider the whole of Europe's definition of rape curiously broad
I'm European, and I think it is broad. Our courts would throw out something like that outright.