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PSM won't be joining Pakatan but will cooperate
The Star - June 7, 2010
Central committee member Dr Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj said delegates at the party's 12th congress here yesterday had approved a motion to collaborate with Pakatan.
Dr Jeyakumar said the party did not table a motion on the possibility of formally joining Pakatan as some quarters were "not agreeable" to it.
"As we did not want to rock the boat, we will stick to what the majority of the delegates want, which is to work closely with Pakatan Rakyat to break Barisan's political hegemony," he said, adding they would also be critical of Pakatan's policies that were deemed improper.
He said PSM was part of the anti-Barisan team that was out to bring down the Barisan coalition.
The call to co-operate with Pakatan was among the 15 motions passed yesterday.
Other motions include going green to save the environment and to actively take up issues affecting the rakyat such as soaring price of goods and proposed removal of subsidies.
On whether PSM would contest more seats in the next general election, Dr Jeyakumar said the matter was yet to be discussed.
"But most likely, we will contest the four seats we did in the last general election (namely Sungai Siput, Kota Damansara, Semenyih and Jelapang)," said Dr Jeyakumar who is also the Sungai Siput MP.
Of the four seats contested, PSM lost in Semenyih and Jelapang. PSM chairman Dr Mohd Nasir Hashim won the Kota Damansara seat. Both Dr Mohd Nasir and Dr Jeyakumar contested under PKR banner in the last general election.
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