The Pusat Tenaga Rakyat (PUTERA) was a major political party in
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
opposed to the
United Malays National Organisation
The United Malays National Organisation ( Malay: ; Jawi: ; abbreviated UMNO () or less commonly PEKEMBAR), is a nationalist right-wing political party in Malaysia. As the oldest continuous national political party within Malaysia (since its ...
(UMNO) and the
Malay-supremacist ideology of ''
Ketuanan Melayu
''Ketuanan Melayu'' (Jawi script: كتوانن ملايو; "Malay wikt:overlordship, Overlordship") is a political concept that emphasises Malaysian Malays, Malay preeminence in present-day Malaysia. The Malays of Malaysia have claimed a spe ...
''. It formed an opposition coalition with the
All-Malaya Council of Joint Action. "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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