Penang-based PFP rebranding, pledges support for Anwar
22 Dec 2022 05:45pm
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim - BERNAMA
The Penang-based party pledged its support for the current government but has not decided to join any of the coalitions.
The party was previously headed by Datuk Patrick Ooi but today appointed Datuk Razalif Mohd Zain as its new president, resolving to change its name to Youth Front Party. Razalif said Ooi would now serve as its adviser.
"The rebranding will give the party new directions, including our target of boosting the current membership of 5,000 with 100,000 new members in three months, especially among youths.
'We have registered 5,000 new members in Sabah and will be conducting a nationwide tour to introduce the party to the public, most of whom think PFP is meant for Penang people only,” Razalif told reporters at the PFP office here today.
PFP was established in September 2016 by Lee Poh Kong as its pro tem chairman before it was revived by Ooi in May 2017.
PFP lost in all the state and parliamentary seats it contested in the 14th and 15th general elections.
Razalif said the party planned to contest at least 15 state seats in Penang in its next state election.
'We are targeting youths because in GE15 there were some four million young voters but only 2.5 million voted because many did not know which party to support,” he added.
He said the party would organise a gathering of 10,000 to 15,000 young people in Bukit Jalil next year to express support for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. - BERNAMA
