China News Service, Kuala Lumpur, August 19 (Reporter Chen Yue) Mukriz, son of former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mahathir, submitted a written application for registration of his father’s Innovation Party to the Registration Bureau of Malaysian Associations on the 19th.
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A number of Mahathir supporters accompanied Mukritz to submit the application. Mahathir himself did not appear. Mukriz explained that Mahathir had submitted an application for registration through online channels.
As previously announced by Mahathir, the new party’s registration name is "Pejuang TanahAir" in Malay, where "Pejuang" means "fighter" and "TanahAir" means "motherland". Local Chinese media in Malaysia generally translate the party name as "Motherland Fighter Party".
Mukriz said that, including Mahathir and his son, the party has seven founders, all of whom are members of the original Bumiputera Unity Party. The founders include a member of the upper house of parliament and five members of the lower house of parliament.
He also reaffirmed that Mahathir will be the chairman of the party and hopes that the registration application will be approved as soon as possible.
After losing the litigation earlier this month and determined that he could not return to the Bumiputera Unity Party he created through legal means, Mahathir and his supporters announced the establishment of a new party. After the establishment of the party, how many members will be recruited from the Indigenous Unity Party or other political parties led by the current Prime Minister Muhyiddin, and how the party, which is still in the opposition camp, will unite with other political parties, which has attracted the attention of Malaysian politics. . (Finish)