Malaysian Nationalist Party Explained

Country:Malaysia
Malaysian Nationalist Party
Native Name:Parti Nasionalis Malaysia
PNM / NASMA
Abbreviation:PNM or NASMA
Founder:Zainab Yang (Leader), Zainad Mohammed (Secretary General)
Foundation:July 1985
Legalised:1995
Headquarters:Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Membership Year:1990
Membership:79,990
Position:Center-right
Slogan:Malaysians for Malaysia, for justice, intergrity and progress

The Malaysian Nationalist Party or Malay: Parti Nasionalis Malaysia (PNM or NASMA) was a multi racial grouping launched in July 1985 under the banner "Malaysians for Malaysia, for justice, intergrity and progress". Envisioned by its founders as a forum for nonsectarian critics of the Mahathir Mohamad regime as a challenge to the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the party's main accomplishment by late 1985 was weakening Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) expansion effort.[1] [2]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Political Handbook of the World 1998 . 580 . Arthur S. Banks . Alan J. Day . Thomas C. Muller . Google eBookstore. February 2016 . 9781349149513 . 11 May 2016.
  2. News: Islamist Parties and Political Normalization in the Muslim World . 206 . edited by Quinn Mecham . Julie Chernov Hwang . Google eBookstore. 22 May 2014 . 9780812246056 . 11 May 2016.