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]
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.