Malaysia_National_Alliance_Party

Malaysia National Alliance Party

Malaysia National Alliance Party

Political party in Malaysia

Not to be confused with Ikatan Masyarakat Islam Malaysia.
This article is about the Parti Ikatan Bangsa Malaysia. For the other Malaysian political party of the same acronym IKATAN, see Ikatan Masyarakat Islam Malaysia.

The Parti Ikatan Bangsa Malaysia (English: Malaysia National Alliance Party; often known by its acronym: IKATAN) is a political party in Malaysia formed on 7 June 2012 by the former United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) cabinet minister and veteran, Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir along with a few former UMNO members.[1] The party was forced to wait for more than two years for approval from the Registrar of Societies (RoS). In February 2013, Abdul Kadir dragged the RoS to High Court for them to approve the party.[2] The party was later approved on 15 May 2015.[3]

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The party intends to bring the original ideas and politics principles of Tunku Abdul Rahman, the first Malaysian Prime Minister and Father of Independence.[4] The party said that they are not pro-government nor pro-opposition.[5]

In 2016 IKATAN however together with opposition Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) formed Gagasan Sejahtera (GS), an informal political Third Force alliance.[6][7][8][9][10] Joined later by Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front (BERJASA),[11] the three opposition parties under GS alliance contested using PAS logo in the 2018 general elections (GE14), including IKATAN in some 'unwinnable' non-Muslim seats.[12][13] IKATAN failed to win a single state or parliamentary seat in the seats it had contested with only PAS managed to win seats in the election, securing 18.[N 1]. The party is currently unrepresented in the Dewan Rakyat and in all of the state legislative assemblies.

On 26 October 2022, IKATAN chose to support BN. IKATAN's Head of Information, Nik Marhalim Mohd Bakri, said in the spirit of ummah unification, then IKATAN chose to support BN in GE-15.

Structure and membership

Current office bearers

  • President:
  • Deputy President:
  • Vice-President:
    • Tunku Muinuddin Putra
    • Mohamad Badri Abd Rahman
  • Secretary-General:
    • Tengku Ahmad Mudzaffar Bin Tengku Zaid
  • Treasurer:
    • David Sew Kah Heng
  • Information Chief:
    • Nik Marhalim Dato' Mohd Bakri
  • Strategy Director:
    • Azahari Ab Rahman
  • Youth Chief:
    • Shahir Adnan
  • Central Working Committee:
    • Kelly Lim
    • Janice Lim
    • Nik Marhalim
  • Founding member
    • Dato Tony Looi





General election results

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See also

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    In the 2018 balloting, the party formed the Ideas of Prosperity (Gagasan Sejahtera - GS) coalition with the Malaysia National Alliance Party (Parti Ikatan Bangsa Malaysia - IKATAN) The PAS joined the 2020 PN coalition government.[14]

References

  1. [1]
    "Kadir Sheikh Fadzir forms new party, could bolster opposition to BN in polls". The Malaysian Insider. 29 May 2012. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Parti Ikatan hauls ROS to court". Free Malaysia Today. 13 February 2013. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  3. [3]
    "Former minister Kadir launches new multi-racial party". The Star. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  4. [4]
    "Parti IKATAN aims to resurrect the aspiration of Malaysia's founding fathers". Astro Awani. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  5. [5]
    "We're not pro-BN or PR, but pro-Tunku Abdul Rahman, says new political party". The Rakyat Post. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  6. [6]
    "PAS, Ikatan seal 'third force' pact". The Star. 16 Mar 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  7. [7]
    Syed Jaymal Zahiid (13 August 2016). "PAS and Ikatan To Form Gagasan Sejahtera". The Malay Mail.
  8. [8]
    Hafiz Marzukhi (13 August 2016). "Kerjasama PAS-Ikatan: Blok ketiga diberi nama Gagasan Sejahtera" (in Malay). Astro Awani.
  9. [9]
    Shakira Buang (13 August 2016). "Kerjasama PAS-IKATAN lahirkan Gagasan Sejahtera" (in Malay). Malaysiakini.
  10. [10]
    Shakira Buang (13 August 2016). "PAS now part of 'Gagasan Sejahtera', to wait and see on Bersatu". Malaysiakini.
  11. [11]
    "BERJASA sertai Gagasan Sejahtera bersama PAS dan Ikatan" (in Malay). Agenda Daily. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  12. [12]
    "Five non-Muslim candidates for PAS coalition in Selangor". The Star. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  13. [13]
    Loghun Kumaran (2 May 2018). "Cracks in Gagasan Sejahtera as Berjasa accuses PAS of offering 'unwinnable' seats". The Malay Mail. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  14. [14]
    Tom Lansford (31 May 2021). Political Handbook of the World 2020-2021. CQ Press. ISBN 978-154-438-473-3.


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