Although the Perak Pakatan Rakyat coalition was ousted from power in February, its spirit however has not been dampened.
According to Perak Pakatan Youth secretary Safarizal Saleh, the silver state became the first to form the Pakatan Rakyat Youth Secretariat movement.
The function was officiated by ousted Pakatan menteri besar Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin at Lumut Markas PAS in Lekir.
The strong presence of police personnel in Lumut to prevent this function prompted the Youth movement to shift the function from the original venue – a temple hall.
Safarizal said the original plan was to have the function at the Perak Stadium in Ipoh in order to accommodate some 10,000 supporters. However, their application was rejected.
“It was (Prime Minister) Najib (Abdul Razak) who told opposition parties to hold whatever event or demonstrations inside stadiums instead of taking their grouses to the streets,” he pointed out.
Brainstorming session
Meanwhile, Perak Pakatan Rakyat will also organise the first national Pakatan convention to be held at Syuen Hotel in Ipoh on Oct 31.
Convention organising chairperson Dr Khairuddin Abdul Malek said Pakatan chief ministers Lim Guan Eng (Penang), Khalid Ibrahim (Selangor) and Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (Kelantan) are slated to attend.
“The convention will be a brain-storming session to iron out the differences between DAP, PKR and PAS and strengthen unity among the three parties to face the next general election.
“It will be also an exchange of ideas between the Pakatan parties to counter Barisan Nasional’s political propaganda,” he explained.
After staging a political coup in Perak, Najib is now eyeing the other Pakatan-ruled states, especially Selangor.
This could be one of the issues to be debated by the 600 delegates (200 from each party) who would attend the closed-door meeting on Oct 31.
“The delegates are expected to give their feedback and produce a resolution on the master plan for the coming general election,” said Khairuddin.
Humayun Kabir/Mkini
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