SHAH ALAM, April 21 — Parti Keadilan Rakyat president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has reminded all party members at state, division, and branch levels to strengthen the party machinery by closely monitoring the implementation of programmes.
They include the Kerangka Kerja Keadilan Menang Siri PRU16 (KEMAS16) and Pemerkasaan Organisasi Parti 25 tahun (POP25) initiatives, which were launched today.
He said the party machinery must ensure an increase in party membership, and the State Leadership Councils (MPN) must be more active and robust than before.
“You know that no matter how loud our slogans are, or how just our cause is, if it is not well-organised with solid machinery, we will lose to those who shout ‘hidup Melayu’ (Long Live the Malays) or ‘laksanakan Islam’ (implement Islam) even though we know their record is dismal.
“So we need to focus on programmes, execute them properly, and aggressively explain our stance and position while earnestly strengthening our machinery so that Keadilan (PKR) emerges as a giant in our country’s political system,” Anwar said.
Anwar, who is also the Prime Minister, was speaking in his keynote address today during Keadilan’s 25th anniversary celebrations at the Ideal Convention Centre.
He has also asked the party leadership to assist the machinery by providing information and closely monitoring the implementation of programmes at all levels according to schedule.
KEMAS16 is a framework for Keadilan’s preparation for the 16th General Election (GE16) by strengthening grassroots organisations through structured and periodic programmes, following a social enterprise template as part of its strategic work towards GE16.
It is developed and driven by the Election Departments at the central state and division levels, focusing on key seats by mobilising party machinery and volunteers.
Meanwhile, POP25 is a structured work framework that aims to increase Keadilan’s membership, establish more party branches, create trained communication machinery, and implement leadership training at the state level.
After this special convention, the climax of Keadilan’s Silver Jubilee celebration will take place on May 11 at Keadilan’s 25th Anniversary Celebration Night at Sentul Depot in Kuala Lumpur.
The celebration on May 11 is scheduled to be a day-long affair, with the main event being the delivery of the Keadilan President’s Address.
— Bernama
