Pakatan Rakyat

People's Alliance
Malay namePakatan Rakyat
ڤاكتن رعيت
Chinese name人民联盟
Rénmín Liánméng
Tamil nameபக்காத்தான் ராக்யாட்
Pakkāttāṉ Rākyāṭ
AbbreviationPR
LeaderAnwar Ibrahim
Founded1 April 2008
Dissolved16 June 2015
Preceded byBarisan Alternatif
Succeeded byPakatan Harapan and Gagasan Sejahtera
HeadquartersPetaling Jaya, Malaysia (PKR)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (DAP & PAS)
Kuching, Malaysia (SNAP)
NewspaperSuara Keadilan
The Rocket
Harakah
MembershipPeople's Justice Party (PKR)
Democratic Action Party (DAP)
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
Sarawak National Party (SNAP) April 2010 – May 2011
IdeologyReformism
Political positionBig-tent
ColoursOrange and white
SloganBerpadu, Berubah, Berkat
Election symbol
Website
pakatanrakyat.my

The People's Alliance (Malay: Pakatan Rakyat; abbrev: PR) was an informal Malaysian political coalition and successor to Barisan Alternatif (BA).[1] The political coalition was formed by the People's Justice Party (PKR), Democratic Action Party (DAP), and Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) on 1 April 2008, after the 12th Malaysian general election, having previously formed the Barisan Alternatif (Alternative Front) in the 10th general election. On 20 April 2010, the Sarawak National Party (SNAP) officially joined as a member of the Pakatan Rakyat after being expelled from Barisan Nasional, but quit the coalition on 6 May 2011.[2][3] The DAP declared the coalition "dead" on 16 June 2015, citing the inability of the rest of the alliance to work with PAS, after PAS's congress passed the motion to sever ties with DAP without debate. It was succeeded by Pakatan Harapan and Gagasan Sejahtera.[4]

  1. ^ Farouq Johari (18 June 2015). "Kisah 7 Tahun 2 Bulan Pakatan Rakyat Yang Kini Hanya Tinggal Kenangan" (in Malay). Says.com. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  2. ^ Jack Wong (6 May 2011). "SNAP quits Pakatan". The Star. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  3. ^ Peter Sibon (7 May 2011). "SNAP quits Pakatan". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Pakatan Rakyat no longer exists, says DAPs Lim Guan Eng". Astro Awani. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.