The decision to field Mohd Nizar Najib in the Pekan parliamentary seat will ensure the seat is safe to be returned to his father Najib Abdul Razak to contest if the latter is released from prison later.

According to Mazlan Ali, senior lecturer with the Perdana Centre, Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics, the eldest son of the former premier is seen as a "stand-in" for the latter, in the parliamentary seat...