The federal government was of the opinion that Anwar Ibrahim's suit to set aside his conviction and jail sentence over Sodomy II was unconstitutional.

This was according to the government's application to strike out Anwar's lawsuit.

The federal government argued that Anwar's application was misconceived, a matter of multiplicity proceeding and it is frivolous, vexatious and an abuse of the court process.

This was because the federal government argued that Anwar had exhausted his legal options following his conviction and sentence by the Federal Court on February 2015, therefore there was no justification to entertain his latest suit