National Trust Party (Malaysia)

National Trust Party
Parti Amanah Negara
ڤرتي أمانه نڬارا
国家诚信党
தேசிய நம்பிக்கை கட்சி
Abbreviation AMANAH
President Mohamad Sabu
Secretary-General Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir
General Advisor Ahmad Awang
Deputy President

Vice-President		 Salahuddin Ayub

Mujahid Yusof Rawa
Hasanuddin Mohd Yunus
Hasan Baharom
Women's Chief Siti Mariah Mahmud
Youth Chief Mohd Sany Hamzan
Founded January 1978, founded as Malaysian Workers' Party (PPPM)
16 September 2015, re-branded as Parti Amanah Negara (AMANAH)
Split from Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
Headquarters Wisma AMANAH Negara, Unit No. 75-59, Tingkat 1, Jalan 3/3C, Taman Wahyu, 68100 Kuala Lumpur[1]
Student wing Mahasiswa AMANAH Nasional
Youth wing Pemuda AMANAH Nasional
Women's wing Angkatan Wanita AMANAH Nasional (AWAN)
Membership (April 2017) 150,000[2]
Ideology Social justice
Progressivism
Islamic modernism
Islamic democracy
Political position Centre-left
National affiliation Pakatan Harapan (2015–present)
Colours      Orange
Slogan Amanah, Progresif, Peduli
Anthem Lagu Parti Amanah Negara
Dewan Negara:
3 / 70
Dewan Rakyat:
11 / 222
Dewan Undangan Negeri:
34 / 591
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
amanah.org.my
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The National Trust Party (AMANAH; Malay: Parti Amanah Negara) is a registered political party in Malaysia advocating political Islam.[3] The party was founded as the Malaysia Workers' Party (Malay: Parti Pekerja-Pekerja Malaysia) before being handed over in August 2015 to Gerakan Harapan Baru (GHB), a group of progressive Islamist leaders of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) which have lost in the June 2015 party election. This group of Islamists then redefined the Malaysia Workers' Party as an Islamic party on 16 September 2015. The party currently has eleven elected Members of Parliament. It is one of the four component parties of the government coalition in Malaysia called the Pakatan Harapan (PH).

History

Malaysian Workers' Party (Malay: Parti Pekerja-Pekerja Malaysia) (PPPM)

The Workers' Party was founded in January 1978 by Ganga Nayar, the first female to head a political party in Malaysia. The party had its lone candidate, the president herself for the 1978 general election in the Sungei Besi parliamentary constituency and the Sungei Way state constituency. She lost her deposits in both contests. Since then, the Workers' Party nearly did not contest in any Malaysian elections.

The previous party symbol and flag 1978–2015

The symbol or logo of the Workers' Party was the hoe and gear with the dark green background.

The Workers' Party was a dormant party until it was taken over by Gerakan Harapan Baru on 31 August 2015.[4]

Takeover by the Gerakan Harapan Baru

GHB took over the Workers Party after its attempt to form a new party called Parti Progresif Islam (PPI) was rejected by the Home Ministry.[5][6][7][8][9] Gerakan Harapan Baru was agreed with the only given condition in the agreement with the existing Malaysian Workers' Party members that requires the party to not co-operate with Barisan Nasional (BN) and United Malays National Organisation (UMNO).

GHB chief Mohamad Sabu said they would then change the name of the Workers Party to Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah). Once the new name was approved by the Registrar of Societies, it is expected that the Amanah party will be launched on 16 September in conjunction with Malaysia Day, with at least 35,000 members.[10]

Rebranding to Parti Amanah Negara

Malaysian Workers Party members approved the change of its name to Parti Amanah Negara (AMANAH) in an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on 8 September 2015, which also agreed the change of its logo and flag.

AMANAH was officially launched on 16 September 2015 at national level, while it was still awaiting the approval of the Registrar of Societies (RoS). AMANAH is taking over and rebranding the Workers' Party into a new political party spearheaded by progressive leaders, who have left PAS.[11]

The new logo and flag was unveiled at its official launch on 16 September 2015.[12]

Leadership structure

Source: National Trust Party Website[15]

Elected representatives

Dewan Negara (Senate)

Senators

Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives)

Members of Parliament of the 14th Malaysian Parliament

AMANAH has 11 members in the House of Representatives:

State No. Parliament Constituency Member Party
 KedahP008Pokok SenaMahfuz OmarAMANAH
 PerakP057Parit BuntarMujahid Yusof RawaAMANAH
P074LumutMohd Hatta RamliAMANAH
 PahangP088TemerlohMohd Anuar Mohd TahirAMANAH
 SelangorP096Kuala SelangorDzulkefly AhmadAMANAH
P101Hulu LangatHasanuddin Mohd. YunusAMANAH
P108Shah AlamKhalid Abdul SamadAMANAH
P111Kota RajaMohamad SabuAMANAH
P113SepangMohamed Hanipa MaidinAMANAH
 Negeri SembilanP133TampinHasan BaharomAMANAH
 JohorP161PulaiSalahuddin AyubAMANAH
TotalKedah (1), Perak (2), Pahang (1), Selangor (5), Negeri Sembilan (1), Johor (1)

Dewan Undangan Negeri (State Legislative Assembly)

Malaysian State Assembly Representatives

General Election Results

Election Total seats won Seats contesed Total votes Voting Percentage Outcome of election Election leader
2018
11 / 222
 34 648,087 5.37% Increase11 seats; Governing coalition Mohamad Sabu

State election results

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://amanah.org.my/contact/
  2. ↑ Zulaikha Zulkifli (13 October 2015). "Amanah gets 50k membership applications, 12k from Kelantan". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Looi Sue-Chern (2 October 2015). "PAN gets RoS nod for new name". The Malaysian Insider. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  4. ↑ Ram Anand (31 August 2015). "GHB to take over dormant Workers Party". The Malaysian Insider. Archived from the original on 2 September 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Seven rebel MPs ditch PAS for breakaway GHB". Free Malaysia Today. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Rahmah Ghazali (31 August 2015). "GHB announces setting up of Parti Amanah Negara". The Star. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "GHB ambil alih Parti Pekerja Malaysia" (in Malay). Berita Harian. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  8. ↑ Adrian Lai (31 August 2015). "GHB to form new Islamic party under existing political vehicle". New Straits Times. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  9. ↑ Khairunnisa Kasnoon (31 August 2015). "Parti Amanah Negara jadi wadah politik GHB" (in Malay). Astro Awani. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  10. ↑ Yap Tzu Ging (31 August 2015). "Harapan Baru aims for 35,000 members in takeover of Workers' Party". The Malay Mail. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  11. ↑ Nabihah Hamid (16 September 2015). "Multiracial Amanah committed to carry on with Islamic agenda, says Mat Sabu". The Malaysian Insider. Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  12. ↑ Zulkifli Sulong (10 September 2015). "Malaysian Workers Party renamed AMANAH in EGM". The Malaysian Insider. The Edge Markets. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  13. 1 2 "Pahang assemblyman quits PAS for Workers Party". Bernama. The Malay Mail. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  14. ↑ Zulkifli Sulong (8 September 2015). "Amanah berusaha tidak jadi punca kejatuhan PAS Kelantan, kata pengerusi" (in Malay). The Malaysian Insider. Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  15. ↑ "Kepimpinan 2015" (in Malay). National Trust Party. 6 September 2015. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
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