Homeland Fighters' Party

The Homeland Fighters' Party ( ms, Parti Pejuang Tanah Air, Jawi: ڤرتي ڤجواڠ تانه اير‎‎, PEJUANG) is a Malay-based political party of Malaysia, formed in August 2020 by the former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad in opposition to the ruling Perikatan Nasional and Barisan Nasional government led by the then- Prime Minister and president of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

The logo of PEJUANG party consists of a stylised Jawi letter, Ú¤ (P), which is the first letter in the word "Pejuang".

History

The party was formed by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who was also the former Chairman of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party. He resigned as Prime Minister on 24 February 2020, the same day BERSATU announced its departure from the then ruling Pakatan Harapan coalition. In March, Muhyiddin Yassin, the President and the acting Chairman of BERSATU was appointed the new Prime Minister. However, Mahathir and five other MPs including former Menteri Besar of Kedah Mukhriz Mahathir, former Minister of Education Maszlee Malik, and former Minister of Youth and Sports Syed Saddiq did not support Muhyiddin and the new Perikatan Nasional (PN) government, for which they would be expelled from BERSATU in May. They were later joined by Shahruddin Md Salleh, who resigned as Deputy Minister of Works only three months after his appointment while recanting his support for Muhyiddin.

In August, Mahathir announced that he would be forming a new Malay-based party. On 12 August, it adopted the name Parti Pejuang Tanah Air, with Mahathir and four of the five expelled BERSATU MPs as founding members. The party made its debut in the Slim by-election on 29 August, but its candidate Amir Khusyairi lost to the Barisan Nasional's Mohd Zaidi Aziz. On 21 August, Syed Saddiq, the only former BERSATU MP not to have participated in PEJUANG's founding announced that he would instead form a new party, Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (MUDA). On 2 November, Mazlee announced his resignation as a member of PEJUANG only three months after its founding to become an independent MP. He would later join Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR).

In January 2021, the Registrar of Societies (RoS) rejected the party's application for registration. The RoS' decision was appealed by the party but left unresolved for 5 and a half months. On 25 June, the High Court ordered the Home Minister to make a decision regarding the registration of PEJUANG within 14 days and on 8 July 2021, PEJUANG was finally registered as a political party.

On 16 April 2021, PEJUANG Deputy-President Marzuki Yahya said if Pejuang were to work with PN, it would only be done in the interest of the country.

On 22 January 2022, Johor PEJUANG chief, Dr Shahruddin Mohd Salleh, announced that the party would be contesting in the 2022 Johor state election alone, but remained open to the possibility of co-operating with other parties. PEJUANG contested in 42 of the state's 56 seats and failing to win any of them. Party president Mukhriz Mahathir blamed the lack of exposure of the party's logo as one of the reasons for their defeat.

In the 2022 election, PEJUANG contested for 158 out of 222 seats, but no one was elected. Mahathir, the party Chairman, as well as the party's MP for Langkawi, not only failed to get elected but lost deposit. This fate also befalls on 2 other MPs for PEJUANG, namely Mukhriz (MP for Jerlun) and Amiruddin (MP for Kubang Pasu).

On 11 December 2022, PEJUANG Youth Leader Abu Hafiz Salleh Hudin announced his resignation. He said the decision was made after taking into account various considerations including a sense of responsibility towards the party's performance in GE15.

On 16 December 2022, PEJUANG Chairman Mahathir Mohamad resign.

On 20 December 2022, Federal Territory PEJUANG chief and party’s Executive Council Khairuddin Abu Hassan resign. He said he decided to take this action following Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s resignation as PEJUANG chairman.https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2022/12/20/citing-loss-of-confidence-in-leadership-khairuddin-abu-hassan-resigns-as-ft-pejuang-chief/46261

List of leaders

Chairman

President

Leadership structure

* Chairman:
** Vacant
* President:
** Mukhriz Mahathir
* Deputy President:
** Marzuki Yahya
* Women's Chief (Pejuanita):
** Che Asmah Ibrahim
* Youth's Chief (Pejuang Muda):
** Vacant
* Women's Youth Chief (Pejuanita Muda):
** Nurul Ashikin Mabahwi
* Secretary-General:
** Amiruddin Hamzah
* Treasurer:
** Shahruddin Md Salleh
* Information Director:
** Ulya Aqamah Husamudin
* Welfare Board Chairman:
** Abu Bakar Yahya
* Legal Board Chairman:
** Mior Nor Haidir Suhaimi
* Economic Affairs Board Chairman:
** Armin Baniaz Pahamin
* National Unity Board Chairman:
** Azman Mohd Hashim
* NGO Board Chairman:
** Amir Khusyairi Mohamad Tanusi

* Central Executive Council members:
** Abu Bakar Yahya
** Mior Nor Haidir Suhaimi
** Armin Baniaz Pahamin
** Azman Mohd Hashim
** Amir Khusyairi Mohamad Tanusi
** Ruslin Hasan
** Sazmi Miah
** Mohamad Nuhairi Rahmat
** Tariq Ismail
** Afiqah Mohammad
** Sallehuddin Amiruddin
* State chairman:
** Wilayah Persekutuan: Vacant
** Johor: Shahruddin Md Salleh
** Kedah: Azimi Daim
** Kelantan: Sazmi Miah
** Malacca: Ruslin Hasan
** Negeri Sembilan: Mohammad Jani Ismail
** Pahang: Hamzah Jaafar
** Perak: Mior Nor Haidir Suhaimi
** Perlis: Rosley Mat
** Penang: Ahmad Shah Rezal Abd Rashid
** Sabah: Nicholas Sylvester
** Selangor: Harumaini Omar
** Terengganu: Wan Nazari Yusoff

Members of Parliament

Dewan Negara (Senate)

Senators

Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives)

Members of Parliament of the 15th Malaysian Parliament

The party is unrepresented at Dewan Rakyat.

Dewan Undangan Negeri (State Legislative Assembly)

Malaysian State Assembly Representatives

Kedah State Legislative Assembly
Selangor State Legislative Assembly

General Election results

State election results

See also

* Politics of Malaysia
* List of political parties in Malaysia

References

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Political parties in Malaysia
Political parties established in 2020
Islamic political parties in Malaysia
Malaysian nationalism