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Parti Amanah Negara to be GHB political platform

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Gerakan Amanah Baru (GHB) chairman, Mohamad Sabu today announced Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) as it official political platform.

Mohamad announced that GHB had taken over and re-branded the Workers Party after its application to form a party under the name Parti Progressive Islam (PPI) was rejected by the Home Ministry.

“Through legal process, Gerakan Harapan Baru had applied for a new Islamic Party called Parti Progressive Islam (PPI) in line with the rights provided in the National Constitution.

“In understanding the difficulty of obtaining an approval for a new party, GHB however achieved its goal through existing political platform,” said the former PAS deputy president during a press conference held here today.

Mohamad or better known as Mat Sabu said the party's launching ceremony will be made on September 16 where they will also unveil the party's logo and portfolio.

He expressed confidence that many would join Amanah - not just Muslims but non-Muslim as well, and win big in the next general election.

"We are currently gathering new members and some had already submitted their membership forms. By Sept 16, we will have about 35,000 new members," he said.

Mohamad said they would continue cooperating with existing Opposition states in Penang, Kelantan and Selangor.

He also informed that the new party would remain true to its Islamic struggles and principles.

"We are confident that our Islamic policies in the party's constitution would attract both Muslims and non-Muslims due to our inclusive nature," said Mohamad.

In the press conference, he also annouced the party's new line-up which was appointed during the party's extroardinary congress on August 25, 2015.

Below is the Amanah's leadership line-up:

    Advisor: Ust. Fadil Hj. Ahmad Awang
    Chairman: Mohamad Sabu
    Deputy chairman: Sallehuddin Ayub
    Vice-chairman: Mujahid Yusof Rawa
    Vice-chairman: Hassunddin Yunus
    Women chief: Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud
    Youth chief: Sany Hamzan
    Secretary-general: Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir
    Assistant sec-gen: Abang Ahmad Kerdee
    Treasurer: Asmuni Awi
    Organisation secretary: Suhaizan Kaiat
    Committee members:
    Dr Hatta Md Ramli
    Khalid Samad
    Gopalan K. Papchan
    Izham Hashim
    Adly Zahari
    Raj Munni Sabu @ Aiman Athirah
    Mohd Nizar Jamaludin
    Mazlan Aliman
    Aminolhuda Hassan
    Dzulkefly Ahmad
    Mohd Hanifa Maidin
    Phahrolrazi Mohd Zawawi
    Shaari Sungib
    Zulkifli Mohamad Omar
    Hu Pang Chow
    Wan Abdul Rahim Wan Abdullah
    Hasnul Baharudin

Mohamad said six PAS MPs who joined Amanah are automatically expelled from the party.

However, he said their position as MPs will be discussed later.

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