Malaysian Advancement Party

Malaysian Advancement Party (Malay: Parti Kemajuan Malaysia, Tamil: மலேசிய முன்னேற்றக் கட்சி, romanized: Malēciya Muṉṉēṟṟak Kaṭci; abbrev: MAP) is a political party representing the Indian community in Malaysia.

Malaysian Advancement Party

Parti Kemajuan Malaysia
மலேசிய முன்னேற்றக் கட்சி
MAP
AbbreviationMAP
PresidentP. Waytha Moorthy
FounderP. Waytha Moorthy
Founded16 July 2019
IdeologyEgalitarianism
Humanism
National affiliationPakatan Harapan (Allied Parties) (since 2019)
ColoursYellow, white, red, purple
Dewan Negara:
1 / 70
Dewan Rakyat:
0 / 222
Sabah State Legislative Assembly:
0 / 60
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Website
www.malaysianadvancementparty.org
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Formation

MAP was founded by the ex Minister of National Unity and Social Wellbeing and founding chairman of Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF), P. Waytha Moorthy.[1][2] It was submitted for registration by its pro-tem committee to the Registrar of Societies (RoS) in September 2018.[3] Waytha Moorthy announced the party is officially formed as on 16 July 2019 and registered with the RoS.[4] He also declared he quits his position in HINDRAF due to the formation of the new party and to focus his leadership on MAP.[5][6][7]

The Party's main objectives amongst others are to protect, promote and advance the interests of the Malaysian Indian community's political, economic, educational, cultural, religious and social interests.[8] MAP as new political party, hopes to ensure an effective representation of the Malaysian Indian community and their interests are protected and advanced.[4] Its direction and vision are to adopt a fundamental rights-based approach for advancement, progressively moving away from state-assisted, welfare and hand-out based community towards community empowerment and resilient.[5] The values that MAP propagates include inclusiveness, equality, quality, originality, integrity, and transparency within the government. The party has stated it will work and cooperate with all political parties in Pakatan Harapan (PH) to enhance the reform agenda under the new PH administration and Malaysia Baharu government.[4][5]

The formation of MAP as an ethnic based political party had invited mix reaction, criticsm and concern from certain quarters regarding the Indian community unity and non-communal policies pushed by the PH coalition.[9][10][11][12][13][14]

Elected representatives

Dewan Negara (Senate)

Senators
Main article: Members of the Dewan Negara, 14th Malaysian Parliament

See also

References
  1. "Waytha Moorthy launches new party to protect and promote interests of Indian community". The Star Online. 8 September 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. "Hindraf tubuh Malaysia Advancement Party wakili kaum India". Bernama (in Malay). Free Malaysia Today. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  3. "Parti baharu untuk kaum India tunggu kelulusan RoS - Waytha Moorthy". Bernama (in Malay). Utusan Malaysia. 8 September 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  4. Austin Camoens (16 July 2019). "New political party formed to address interests of Indian community". The Star Online. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  5. "Waytha Moorthy heads new Indian political party". The Star Online. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  6. Kasthuri Jeevendran (16 July 2019). "Waytha Moorthy tinggalkan Hindraf, tubuh parti baharu" (in Malay). Malaysia Gazette. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  7. "Waytha Moorthy letak jawatan Pengerusi Hindraf, tubuh parti untuk masyarakat India" (in Malay). Astro Awani. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  8. "Waytha launches Malaysian Advancement Party for Indian interests". Malaysiakini. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  9. Geraldine Tong (16 July 2019). "Parti baru Waytha beri mesej salah bagi perpaduan kaum - MP DAP" (in Malay). Malaysiakini. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  10. Suganthi Suparmaniam (16 July 2019). "MIC not worried about Waytha Moorthy's new party, says Vigneswaran". New Straits Times. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  11. "Problem is not Waytha, but his boss Dr M – PSM on new 'Indian' party". Malaysiakini. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  12. Suganthi Suparmaniam (17 July 2019). "Uphill climb for Waytha and his new party, say analyst". New Straits Times. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  13. "Waytha slammed for creating new party for Indians!". Astro Ulagam. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  14. P Ramasamy (17 July 2019). "MAP or no map for Indian community". Free Malaysia Today. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
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