Barisan Alternative? Barisan Rakyat? no..no.. PAKATAN RAKYAT!

The Pact it finally made...



Malaysia-today.net

Title: It's official. It's historical. Opposition forms coalition

Posted by kasee

Tuesday, 01 April 2008

(The Malaysian Insider) KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 -- It's been floating around for some time now and Anwar Ibrahim has spoken about it to various media, but today it is official, he announced at a news conference that Malaysia's opposition parties have agreed to enter into a formal coalition. The de facto leader of the opposition, whose wife Dr Wan Azizah will be the formal Leader of the Opposition in parliament, said the move to have a formal coalition is to present the parties as a credible alternative to the present ruling government coalition, Barisan Nasional. This ushers in the era of a two-party system into Malaysian politics for the first time in its history. The name of the new coalition is Pakatan Rakyat. The PKR-PAS-DAP group has proposed strengthening ties by forming Pakatan Rakyat, pending the agreement of the respective parties, said Anwar. He dismissed the long-held position of Parti Islam SeMalaysia, or PAS, on making Malaysia an Islamic state as a non-issue.

Lim Kit Siang, Anwar Ibrahim, Haji Awang
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From blog.limkitsiang.com:-

Pakatan Rakyat – logical next step of March 8 political tsunami

Leaders of DAP, PKR and PAS met in Petaling Jaya today and took the logical next step of the March 8 political tsunami – proposing the establishment of new front of the three political parties to be tentatively known as PAKATAN RAKYET.

A joint statement issued after the meeting reads:

• The leaders of KeADILan, DAP and PAS met today in furtherance of the meeting held on the 18th of March 2008.

• Today’s meeting was attended by, among others, Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim, YB Lim Kit Siang, YB Dato’ Seri Tuan Guru Haji Abdul Hadi Awang and YB Datin Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.

• In today’s meeting, we have proposed to consolidate the cooperation between the three parties under the name “PAKATAN RAKYAT”. This name has been proposed pending confirmation by the respective parties.

• Pakatan Rakyat pledges to uphold the rights and interests of all Malaysians, regardless of religion or race, as enshrined in the Constitution.

• With the results of the recent elections, the state governments of Kelantan, Kedah, Pulau Pinang, Perak and Selangor will be known as Pakatan Rakyat state governments. The policies of these governments will be conducted in accordance with the policies of Pakatan Rakyat.

• To further mutual understanding regarding such policies, a convention of all Pakatan Rakyat elected representatives of Parliament and State Assemblies will be held on the 27th of April 2008.

• We have developed and strengthened the structure of Pakatan Rakyat by creating under the Leadership Council, consisting of the leaders of the three parties, a Joint Secretariat consisting of three leaders from each of the three parties. This joint Secretariat will be tasked with building the foundation and framework of the Pakatan Rakyat for ratification by the Leadership Council.

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What the People left wondering:-

1. Pakatan Rakyat is for or against Islamic state?

2. Will this pact be dominated by one party (just like UMNO in BN)?

3. Is this pact is entirely free from racial 'barriers' ; can a non-malay become the Prime Minister if P.R. formed a government in the future?

Last but not least,... what will be the logo for P.R.?



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