Angkatan Amanah Merdeka (

Malay Malay may refer to: Languages * Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore ** History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century ** Indonesi ...

for "Independence Trust Forces", Abbr.: AMANAH) is a

non-government organisation A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in ...

(NGO) founded by

Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah Tan Sri Tengku Razaleigh bin Tengku Mohd Hamzah ( Jawi: تڠکو غزالي بن تڠکو محمد حمزة; born 13 April 1937) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gua Musang from August 1986 to November ...

on 22 July 2011 at the Memorial Tunku Abdul Rahman in

Kuala Lumpur , anthem = '' Maju dan Sejahtera'' , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Malaysia#Southeast Asia#Asia , pushpin_map_caption = , coordinates = , su ...

. It is founded to represent the voice of Malaysians and its mission is to fight against corruption, cronyism, racism, extremism and the wastage of government expenditure according to Federal Constitution. Among the other veteran political leaders who present were the former Minister of Information, Tan Sri

Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Abdul Kadir bin Sheikh Fadzir ( Jawi: عبدالقادر بن شيخ فاضل; born 4 June 1939) is a Malaysian politician and former seven-term Member of Parliament (MP) of Malaysia representing Kulim-Bandar Bahar ...

; the former President of

Parti Kesejahteraan Insan Tanah Air The People's Welfare Party or ''Parti Kesejahteraan Insan Tanah Air'' (KITA) is a small political party in Malaysia, based in the state of Kelantan. Founded as AKIM (1995) The party was formerly known as the Malaysian People Justice Front or ...

(KITA), Datuk

Zaid Ibrahim Dato' Mohd Zaid bin Ibrahim ( Jawi: محمد زيد بن إبراهيم; born 10 April 1951) is a Malaysian politician, lawyer and former Minister in the Prime Minister's Department for Legal Affairs and Judicial Reform (March 2008-September ...

; former President of MCA, Datuk Seri

Ong Tee Keat Ong Tee Keat (; born 22 November 1956) is a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician who served as the Minister of Transport (Malaysia), Minister of Transport in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahma ...

; former Deputy President of MIC, Datuk S. Subramaniam; Datuk Seri

Wilfred Bumburing Datuk Seri Panglima Wilfred Bumburing (born 2 December 1951) is a Malaysian politician. He is a member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly and a former Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the seat of Tuaran, Sabah (2008–2013). ...

; Datuk Seri Bujang Ulis; dan Datuk Seri Daniel Tajem. The formation of Amanah has created speculation it is to serve as platform for

and its others leaders to maintain their powers and also to enable Tengku to become an alternative choice as the Prime Minister for

Pakatan Rakyat The People's Alliance ( ms, Pakatan Rakyat; abbrev: PR) was an informal Malaysian political coalition and successor to Barisan Alternatif (BA). The political coalition was formed by the People's Justice Party (PKR), Democratic Action Party (DAP ...

in the case that they win the 13th General Election and if

Anwar Ibrahim Anwar bin Ibrahim ( ms, انور بن ابراهيم, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset, IPA: ; born 10 August 1947) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia since November 2022. He served as the 12 ...

founded guilty and imprisoned for the court case he was facing at that time. As the Amanah is just an NGO, there are some demands for it to change to become a political party and join the opposition in the coming general election.

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