Minority Rights Action Party Explained

Minority Rights Action Party
Lang1:Malay
Name Lang1:Parti Tindakan Hak Minoriti
ڤرتي تيندقن حق مينوريتي
Lang2:Tamil
Name Lang2:சிறுபான்மை உரிமை செயல் கட்சி
Lang3:Chinese
Name Lang3:少數民族權利行動黨
Shǎoshù mínzú quánlì xíngdòng dǎng
Abbreviation:MIRA
President:Datuk A. Chandrakumanan
Secretary General:Kannan Ramasamy
Founder:Kannan Ramasamy and Late Francis Rhajahh
Foundation:22 November 2018
Ideology:Liberal democracy
Minority rights
Centrism
Headquarters:Klang
International:Minority Rights Group ohchr.org
Country:Malaysia
Leader2 Title:President
Leader2 Name:Datuk A. Candrakumanan
Membership Year:2018
National:Perikatan Nasional
(Friends of PN)
Colours:Red, white
Colorcode:red
Seats1 Title:Dewan Negara
Seats2 Title:Dewan Rakyat
Seats3 Title:Dewan Undangan Negeri

The Minority Rights Action Party or Malay: Parti Tindakan Hak Minoriti, abbreviated MIRA, is a political party in Malaysia. The party was an active party and was formed in 2017 by a group of human rights activist led by Kannan Ramasamy and educationist Late Francis Rhajahh. It was approved registration by the Registrar of Society in November 2018. MIRA Party was co-founded by Kannan Ramasamy and Late Francis Rhajahh. The party's aims is to be voice of minority in Malaysia and to establish policy for minorities along the UN Declaration on Minorities Right 1992.[1]

Party being the first Indian Malaysian national bilingual and multi-racial party. It joined Perikatan Nasional as Friends of PN to represent Indian community and other minorities in Malaysia.

Minority Rights Action Party was once accepted as strategic partner of Pakatan Harapan in February 2018 before the GE14.[2] Since then, it took a more neutral stance and the government led by BN as friendly party.

On 4 August 2023, MIRA Party was officially appointed into Perikatan Nasional as Friends of PN under Fasal 5 of Perikatan Nasional by law. The ceremony was done at Hilton Double Tree Hotel I-city after the launch of PN Manifesto for Selangor. The certificate dated 17 July and appointment letter were given by PN Chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to Sec Gen Kannan Ramasamy and President Datuk A.Chandrakumanan.[3]

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With the current of Malaysia political landscape where most of Indian majority parties are aligned to so called unity government, MIRA Party continue to be the voice of minorities and be the check and balance voices on the minority Indians and other communities needs on Pakatan Harapan lead mixed government policies and tasks.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities.
  2. News: Pakatan terima Hindraf dan Mira rakan strategik untuk PRU14. The Malaysian Insight. 6 March 2018. 4 April 2021.
  3. News: Parti MIRA, IMAN wakil kaum India, India Muslim kini rakan baru PN. BH Online. 3 August 2023.
  4. News: மிரா கட்சி இந்திய பிரதிநிதி, இந்திய முஸ்லீம் இப்போது PN இன் புதிய பங்காளி. myvelicham.com . 4 August 2023 . 4 August 2023.