Pakatan Rakyat was formed on 1st April 2008 as a joint response by Democratic Action Party (DAP), Parti KeADILan Rakyat (PKR) and Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) to the deep yearning for political change by Malaysian voters following the political tsunami of the 12th General Election on 8th March 2008.
With the massive support from Malaysians, the Opposition won more than one-thirds of parliamentary seats and five state governments.
The leaders of DAP, PKR and PAS agreed to form Pakatan Rakyat with a set of shared principles in the hope of uniting all anti-UMNO/Barisan Nasional forces to bring forth a new era of politics and governance of integrity, accountability and democracy in a progressive Malaysia.
It was agreed then that decision making in Pakatan Rakyat would be based on consensus and mutual trust at the Leadership Council or Majlis Pimpinan.
At the first Pakatan Rakyat Convention in December 2009, the Common Policy Framework was presented and accepted by the three parties to be the basis of cooperation for the 3 parties in Pakatan Rakyat.
The Pakatan Rakyat coalition was not meant to be a coalition of convenience but one that is guided by ideas, principles and ideals for a new Malaysia.
Pakatan Rakyat presented a viable alternative to Barisan Nasional in the 13th General Election and received 52 percent of popular vote.
However, in several major incidents over the past year, including the Selangor Menteri Besar crisis, decisions agreed upon at Majlis Pimpinan was violated by PAS President Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, which resulted in near-paralysis of the coalition.
The near-paralysis of Pakatan Rakyat was exacerbated by Hadi’s willingness to forge a unity government with UMNO and his support for Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Najib Razak, even after it was revealed that Lembaga Tabung Haji funds were used to purchase land from 1MDB at RM2,773 per square feet(PSF) at Tun Razak Exchange(TRX) which 1MDB had purchased only for RM64 psf. Neither BN nor Hadi had questioned why Lembaga Tabung Haji was not allowed to purchase from the Federal government TRX land at RM64 psf instead of buying through 1MDB at RM2,773 psf.
The breach of promise made personally by Hadi at the Pakatan Rakyat Majlis Pimpinan on 10th February to discuss the hudud laws proposed by PAS first with Pakatan Rakyat partners at Majlis Pimpinan before being tabled to the Kelantan State Assembly or a private motion by Hadi in Parliament further immobilised the entire Pakatan Rakyat Majlis Pimpinan.
This breach of promise by Hadi was followed by the momentous decision on 6th June 2015, when the PAS Muktamar, the general assembly and the highest authority of the party, accepted without debate a motion to sever ties with the DAP.
The DAP Central Executive Committee accepts the PAS Muktamar’s motion severing ties with DAP and effectively, that Pakatan Rakyat ceases to exist.
As Pakatan Rakyat was formed by the three parties based on consensus and bound by the Common Policy Framework, the PAS Muktamar’s motion effectively killed off Pakatan Rakyat. Pakatan Rakyat therefore ceases to exist.
The DAP will work with Parti KeADILan Rakyat and all other forces who aspire to see the end of UMNO/Barisan Nasional’s one-party rule to reshape and realign Malaysian politics with the aim of winning Putrajaya for the people. The immediate effect on the Selangor state government will be DAP’s support for the leadership of Selangor Menteri Besar Azmin Ali to reframe the state government with a new functioning coalition based on the PR Common Policy and the Selangor PR 2013 General Election manifesto that received an overwhelming mandate of more than 60% of the popular vote.
DAP will work towards a broad based and principled new coalition that shall emerge to fill the political vacuum that can rekindle hopes of change to realise our Malaysian dream for a better future for all.
– Lim Guan Eng
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民主行动党秘书长林冠英于16.6.2015在吉隆坡发表的文告:
民主行动党中央执行委员会在15.6.2015的会议上议决如下:-
民联不复存在
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随着2008年第12届全国大选的政治海啸，民主行动党、人民公正党及伊斯兰党共同响应马来西亚选民渴望政改的呼唤，在2008年4月1日成立了民联。
由于马来西亚人民的大力支持，在野党当年总共赢得超过1/3 的国会席位，并夺取5个州政权。
民主行动党、人民公正党及伊斯兰党领导层基于一套共同原则，议决成立民联，团结在野党及所有反对巫统/国阵的力量，为马来西亚带来一个廉政、具公信及民主的新政治，创造一个进步的家国。
当时，三党议决民联的成立乃植基于领导层理事会（Majlis Pimpinan）的共识和互信。
在2009 年的民联第一届全国大会上，三党代表们通过民联共同纲领，这份文件成为民联三党日后的合作基础。
民联并不是一个投机的联盟，三党同意的原则和理想，就是指示民联存在及方向。
在第13届大选中，民联成功赢得全国52%选票，是成功威胁国阵执政的替代力量。
但过去一年来发生了几项重大的事故，其中包括雪州大臣危机，伊斯兰党全国主席拿督斯里哈迪公然违背领导层理事会所达成的决定等，使民联处于近乎瘫痪的状态。
拿督斯里哈迪公开表示愿意跟巫统组织联合政府，他无条件支持首相拿督斯里纳吉，尽管已经有人揭发拿督斯里纳吉涉及动用朝圣基金局的款项，以每平方尺RM2,773令吉的高价购买敦拉萨交易中心当年以每平方尺RM64 向联邦政府买得的土地。不论是国阵领袖或是哈迪都不曾质问，为何联邦政府不是以每平方尺RM64的价钱将有关地段直接售卖给朝圣基金局，反而让朝圣基金以超高的每平方尺RM2,773令吉购买有关地段。哈迪的行径令早已近乎瘫痪的民联面对更严重的内部问题。
哈迪在今年2月10日亲口向民联领导层理事会承诺，指伊斯兰党在其所主张的伊斯兰刑事法法案提呈到吉兰丹州议会前，及在哈迪本身的私人法案被提呈到国会前，都会先跟民联各党在领导层理事会中讨论，但是哈迪违背本身所许下的承诺。
紧接着哈迪的背信之举，伊斯兰党全国大会，即该党最高权力机构于2015年6月6日，在未经辩论的情况下，通过了跟民主行动党断交的议案。
民主行动党接受伊斯兰党全国大会跟民主行动党断交的议案。有鉴于此，民联不复存在。
由于民联是三党当年基于共识及共同纲领而成立的，是项伊斯兰党全国大会议案相等于谋杀了民联。民联因此不复存在。
民主行动党将与人民公正党及其它渴望推翻巫统/国阵一党专政的进步力量合作，重塑和重新调整马来西亚政治，为人民赢取布城。民联不复存在后，民主行动党将继续支持由雪州大臣阿兹敏阿里领导的州政权，本着民联共同纲领及2013年因着雪州大选宣言而给于我们支持的60%选民委托，进一步重塑雪州政府，调整其联合运作方式。
民主行动党将继续努力促成一个汇集百川及原则鲜明的新联盟，继续响应人民渴求改变的愿望，为一个更美好的马来西亚之梦共同前进。
– 林冠英