Title Parti Amanah Negara in Johor : birth, challenges and prospects / Wan Saiful Wan Jan

Published Singapore : ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (44 pages) Series Trends in Southeast Asia ; 2017 no. 9 Trends in Southeast Asia ; 2017 no. 9. Contents Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- FROM PAS TO AMANAH -- JOHOR: DEMOGRAPHY AND ELECTORAL DATA -- THE SIGNIFICANCE OF JOHOR TO AMANAH -- AMANAH'S ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE -- AMANAH'S INFRASTRUCTURE IN JOHOR -- ELECTORAL POTENTIALS OF AMANAH IN JOHOR -- IMPLICATIONS ON PAS -- APPENDIX Summary In 2015, a new party called Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) was formed following the departure of progressive Islamists from the Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS), leaving the latter to be a party dominated by conservative Islamists. Much of the groundwork for the formation of Amanah took place in Malaysia's southern state of Johor. A prominent Johor PAS activist, Mazlan Aliman, was among the first to propagate the idea that a new, progressive platform needed to be formed. This eventually led to the "Bakri Declaration" which forms the basis for the establishment of Amanah. Working in the Pakatan Harapan national opposition coalition, Amanah is eyeing for around a third of the state legislative assembly seats in Johor. It has potential in constituencies with mixed-ethnicity voter demographics, especially those with 30-45 per cent Chinese voters. Johor PAS is badly affected by the crossing over of a sizeable portion of their active members and leaders to Amanah. In the next election, it is likely that PAS will be decimated in the state if it refuses to partner with any other mainstream parties Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Vendor-supplied metadata Subject Parti Amanah Negara Political parties -- Malaysia -- Johor RELIGION -- Religion, Politics & State. Political parties Politics and government SUBJECT Johor (Malaysia) -- Politics and government -- 21st century Subject Malaysia -- Johor Form Electronic book ISBN 9789814786454 9814786454 9814786446 9789814786447

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