Wikileaks leader Julian Assange will run for Senate in Australia, despite pending rape charges against him, Wikileaks tweeted tonight, perhaps on a Wikileaks Party ticket.
“We have discovered that it is possible for Julian Assange to run for the Australian Senate while detained,” Wikileaks tweeted shortly before 10 pm EST. “Julian has decided to run.”
The Wikileaks website WL Central floated the idea of a “Wikileaks Party” for Assange’s candidacy in January. “A ‘Wikileaks Party’ makes great sense,” according to WL Central. “It is an eminently logical extension of Julian Assange’s question – having other members in a formal party contesting (and winning) State and Federal elections in all houses. It is not only feasible but likely given the support levels in Australia.”
Here’s a prospective outline of the Wikileaks party platform, taken from WL Central:
Assange, whose organization has released hundreds of thousands of classified United States documents, faces charges of rape and molestation in cases led by a Swedis prosecutor. His extradition to Sweden is currently being reviewed by the British High Court.
