Parti Keadilan Rakyat

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This article is about the People's Justice Party of Malaysia. For the British political party of the same name, see People's Justice Party (UK).

The Parti Keadilan Rakyat (People's Justice Party in English, often known simply as Keadilan) is a Malaysian opposition party. As of 2005 it has over 170 registered divisions, 1,700 branches, and 200,000 members.

1 History
2 New Economic Agenda
3 References
4 External links

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History

The party was formed as Parti Keadilan Nasional (National Justice Party in English) by Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, wife of former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim, whose sacking and subsequent arrest in September 1998 shocked the nation. The party was at the forefront of the Reformasi movement to reform Malaysian politics and a founding member of the Barisan Alternatif alliance.

Between September 27 and 30, 1999, 7 of Keadilan's leaders, including vice-president Tian Chua, were arrested and prevented from standing for election. Keadilan won only 5 parliamentary seats in the November 1999 general elections. On April 10, 2001, the Keadilan leaders were again arrested under the Internal Security Act.

In February 2003, Keadilan merged with Parti Rakyat Malaysia (People's Party Malaysia) and adopted its current name.

The party was trounced in the 2004 General Elections and barely scraped through with a single parliamentary seat. Many see this as a sign of Malaysians wanting to move on, and the waning influence of the Anwar Ibrahim factor in Malaysian politics.

In December 2005 Keadilan organised its second national congress. Among the motions passed was the New Economic Agenda that envisioned a non-racial economic policy to replace the race-based New Economic Policy.

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New Economic Agenda

An emphasis on justice for all Malaysians; eradicating poverty regardless of race;
Narrowing the gap in development between rural and urban areas;
Providing training and education opportunities to prepare all Malaysians to face a knowledge-based economy; promoting entrepreneurship in order for a stronger small and medium-sized enterprise backbone of the economy;
Promoting a delivery system which is worker and business friendly, that inculcates accountability and openness for a more sustainable development;
Ensuring government intervention is limited and strategic by forging positive partnership with the private sector that empowers economic actors for a growth-based economy;
Forging a positive economic strategy to compete in a globalised economy.

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