Minority Rights Action Party

The Minority Rights Action Party or Malay: Parti Tindakan Hak Minoriti, abbreviated MIRA, is a political party in Malaysia. The party was initially registered as New Generation Party or Parti Generasi Baru (NewGen Party) among the latest 20 new parties registration approved by the Registrar of Society (RoS) in 2013.[1] NewGen Party was founded by former Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) leader S. Gobi Krishnan who aims for youth with age under 50 year old and qualification above Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) for membership.[2] NewGen Party being the first Indian Malaysian national bilingual[3] and multi-racial party hope to join Pakatan Harapan (PH) to represent Indian community in Malaysia. [4]

Minority Rights Action Party

Parti Tindakan Hak Minoriti
AbbreviationMIRA
PresidentA. Rajaretinam
FounderS. Gobi Krishnan
FoundedAugust 2013
Preceded byNew Generation Party (NewGen Party)
HeadquartersKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
IdeologyLiberal democracy
Minority rights
National affiliationPakatan Harapan
(Strategic partners)
ColoursRed, white
Dewan Negara:
0 / 70
Dewan Rakyat:
0 / 222
Dewan Undangan Negeri:
0 / 587
Website
Official website

Minority Rights Action Party on Facebook

On 31 March 2017, NewGen Party applied to change its name to Parti Bebas Rasuah (PBR). Secretary-general S. Gobi Krishnan announced several new appointments, including former PKR, United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) and Malaysian United Indigenous Party (PPBM) member Mohamad Ezam Mohd Nor as the new president and former Batu Kawan UMNO deputy head and PPBM member Khairuddin Abu Hassan as the new deputy president.[5] However, the application ran into controversies[6], leading Ezam, Khairuddin to resign from NewGen Party.[7] A group comprising the former MIC secretary-generals G. Kumar Aaman, Jeevakumar and Zaini Jaafar tried to impersonate as party members and officials by misusing party letterhead but was exposed.[8] ROS found that G. Kumar Aaman is not party member and has misappropriated party funds. Under a new president A. Rajaretinam, the NewGen Party was renamed to Minority Rights Action Party (MIRA) and was officially accepted as strategic partner of Pakatan Harapan in 2017.[9]

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