People’s Alliance

political coalition, Malaysia

Also known as: PR, Pakatan Rakyat

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The People's Alliance, also known as Pakatan Rakyat (PR), was a coalition of opposition parties in Malaysia. Led by Anwar Ibrahim, the PR gained significant traction in the 2008 general election, securing over a third of the seats in the lower house of parliament. Despite facing legal challenges and political setbacks, the coalition continued to be a major force in Malaysian politics. In 2018, a successor coalition, the Alliance of Hope (Pakatan Harapan), successfully ended the six-decade rule of the ruling coalition, the National Front (Barisan Nasional).123

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…coalition of opposition parties—called the People’s Alliance (Pakatan Rakyat; PR)—that gained more than one-third of the seats in Malaysia’s lower house of parliament, even though he still could not run for office. Anwar officially returned to politics later that year, and in October he won a solid victory in a…
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…a three-party opposition coalition, the People’s Alliance (Pakatan Rakyat; PR), made up of the People’s Justice Party (Parti Keadilan Rakyat; PKR), the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (Parti Islam SeMalaysia; Pas), and the Democratic Action Party (DAP). Prior to general elections for the lower house of Malaysia’s parliament in March 2008, Anwar,…
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…a three-party opposition coalition, the People’s Alliance (Pakatan Rakyat; PR), made up of the People’s Justice Party (Parti Keadilan Rakyat; PKR), the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (Parti Islam SeMalaysia; Pas), and the Democratic Action Party (DAP). Prior to general elections for the lower house of Malaysia’s parliament in March 2008, Anwar,…
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