The Pusat Tenaga Rakyat (PUTERA) was a major political party in
Malaysia opposed to the
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) and the
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 ...
-supremacist ideology of ''
Ketuanan Melayu''. It formed an opposition coalition with the
All-Malaya Council of Joint Action
The All-Malaya Council of Joint Action (AMCJA) was a coalition of political and civic organisations in Malaya formed to participate in the development of a constitution for post-war Malaya in preparation for independence and to oppose the Con ...
. "Raayat" is the archaic spelling for the Malay word ''rakyat'' which means "citizens".
Defunct political parties in Malaysia
Year of establishment missing
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