Assange to run for Australian Senate, start Wikileaks party

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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says he intends to run for a seat in the Australian Senate in next year’s federal election and will announce the formation of a WikiLeaks party. He made the announcement from the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

Assange has been living in the Ecuadorian embassy in London (UK) for the past six months with no signs of leaving, in an effort to avoid extradition to Sweden and possibly the US.

But Assange says that’s only a minor obstacle, because it is “inevitable” that the US will eventually drop its investigation into WikiLeaks.

“The building of political opposition to the persecution of a media organization” will lead the US Department of justice to drop its espionage investigation, he said.

Meanwhile, Assange’s own father is backing his son’s plans back home in Australia, by coordinating preparations for the party’s formation.

A draft of the party’s constitution has also been submitted for legal review.

Party registration with the Australian Electoral Commission would require confirmation of at least 500 members who are listed on the electoral roll.

The goal of the party would be to further advance WikiLeaks’ founding principles of promoting openness in government and politics. He says the party will combat growing intrusions on individual privacy.

Source: rt.com/news