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Malay Nationalist Party Parti Kebangsaan Melayu Malaya ڤرتي كبڠسأن ملايو ملايا | |
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| Abbreviation | PKMM |
| Founder | Mokhtaruddin Lasso |
| Founded | 17 October 1945 |
| Dissolved | 1948 |
| Preceded by | Kesatuan Melayu Muda |
| Succeeded by | Parti Rakyat Malaysia[1] Labour Party of Malaya Parti Islam Se-Malaysia UMNO (left wing) |
| Youth wing | Angkatan Pemuda Insaf |
| Women's wing | Angkatan Wanita Sedar[2] |
| Ideology | Left-wing nationalism Malay nationalism Malay irredentism Socialism Pancasila Anti-imperialism |
| Political position | Left-wing to far-left |
| Colours | Red, white |
| Sang Saka Malaya | |
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Parti Kebangsaan Melayu Malaya (PKMM), also known as the Malay Nationalist Party, was founded on 17 October 1945 in Ipoh, Perak. The party was the first Malay political party formed after the Japanese occupation of Malaya.
The main goal of the PKMM was to achieve full independence for Malaya and to oppose any form of British colonial rule. The five principles adopted by the PKMM were a belief in God, nationalism, sovereignty of the people, universal brotherhood and social justice.
In response to British proposals for a Federation of Malaya, PKMM, as a member of Pusat Tenaga Ra'ayat (PUTERA), formed an alliance with other predominantly non-Malay political groups organized under the All-Malayan Council of Joint Action, forming the AMCJA-PUTERA coalition. Together they formulated an alternative People's Constitutional Proposals which called for a common citizenship and popularly elected government that was ultimately rejected.
The establishment of the Federation of Malaya coupled with British crackdown on the Malay left-wing led the PKMM to disband in 1948, though many of its members would go on to play important roles in Malayan politics.
- ^ Sani, Rustam (2008). Social Roots of the Malay Left. SIRD. p. 30. ISBN 978-9833782444.
- ^ Heng, Geraldine (1997). "A Great Way to Fly". Feminist Genealogies, Colonial Legacies, Democratic Futures. New York: Routledge. pp. 36–37. ISBN 978-0-415-91212-9.