Harakah Keadilan Rakyat Explained

Country:Malaysia
People's Justive Movement
Native Name:Harakah Keadilan Rakyat
Foundation:14 July 1986
Dissolution:1990
Predecessor:Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front (SF)
Successor:Gagasan Rakyat
Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah
Membership:Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
Malaysian People's Party (PRM)
Malaysian Nationalist Party (NASMA)
Social Democratic Party (SDP)
Democratic Action Party (DAP)
Malaysian Workers' Party (PPPM)
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front (BERJASA)
United Malaysian Chinese Organisation (UMCO)
Ideology:Reformism
Position:Big tent

Harakah Keadilan Rakyat (HAK) or the People's Justice Front was a political coalition that was formed on 14th July 1986 to provide a unified alternative to the then incumbent governing Barisan Nasional coalition, with the objective of reducing or denying it's two-thirds majority that it has held since Independence.[1] [2] The HAK contested in the 1986 Malaysian general election.[3]

In 1990, it was superseded by Gagasan Rakyat and Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah.

Notes and References

  1. Achie . Nordi . 2017-12-21 . ISLAM DAN POLITIK DI MALAYSIA: SATU PENELITIAN AWAL TERHADAP SEJARAH, PERGOLAKAN DAN PERJUANGAN POLITIK HARAKAH, 1987-2007 . SEJARAH: Journal of the Department of History . en . 26 . 2 (December) . 2756-8253.
  2. Badlihisham Mohd. Nasir . 1999 . The Politico-da’wah approaches of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS): a historical review . Jebat: Malaysian Journal of History, Politics and Strategic Studies . en . 26 . 27–39 . 2180-0251.
  3. Book: Yao Sua Tan . Pendidikan Cina di Malaysia: Sejarah, Politik dan Gerakan Perjuangan . Penerbit USM . 2014 . 9838618527 . Pulau Pinang .