Julian Assange launches party to contest Australia Polls Thursday July 25,2013

 Wikileaks Party candidate Julian Assange speaks from London during the official launch and announcement of Senate candidates in Melbourne, Australia, on Thursday July 25,2013

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday July 25,2013 officially launched his political party to contest Australian electionsto be scheduled before the end of November 2013

Julian Assange, the Australian founder of the whistleblowing website, said the WikiLeaks Party would field seven candidates for upper house Senate seats in the states of New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia.

Despite being holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for more than a year, the 42-year-old will run in Victoria, saying he planned to be “an independent scrutineer of government activity”.