Photo via The Rakyat Post
Muar MP Syed Saddiq has confirmed he will be forming a new multiracial political party that will be youth-centric.
The news comes just two weeks after Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced that he’s setting up a new independent Malay political party, which Syed Saddiq said he will not be a part of.
The 27-year-old said he has taken inspiration from other countries like Thailand and France, who had also moved to do so.
The former PPBM Youth chief told Channel NewsAsia, “If in Thailand they can set up Future Forward, in France they can set up En Marche under Macron, I think it is timely in Malaysia to start up a movement made of young people.
“Of young technocrats, professionals, young politicians from different backgrounds to come together to ensure that the youth’s voice will dominate in Parliament and outside of Parliament, that in the end, the youth can never be taken lightly any more.
“It is timely today so that politics will never be chained by the same people, being controlled and monopolised by the same old people.”
Last month, Syed Saddiq mentioned he’s now on a different path, after insisting he will no longer be challenging his dismissal from Bersatu.
It’s unclear just who will be joining his new party, but according to Malaysiakini, he did previously make contact with Liga Rakyat Demokratik - a youth movement that counts youth activists such as Adam Adli Abd Halim, Amir Abd Hadi, Safwan Anang, Dobby Chew, and Azira Aziz among its leadership.
Photo via Nation Thailand
For your information, La République En Marche!, was set up in 2016 as a platform for Emmanuel Macron to contest in the 2017 French presidential election.
Macron went on to win the election and become President that same year.
The Future Forward Party, meanwhile, was set up in 2018 ahead of the 2019 Thai legislative election to challenge the military's power, and the party did better than expected, coming in third - winning 81 out of 500 seats in the House of Representatives.
by Kyle Roshen Jacob
