PSM to join Pakatan Rakyat if offered a place - The Star

IPOH: Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) will consider joining Pakatan Rakyat if offered a place in the opposition alliance, PSM central committee member Dr D. Jeyakumar said.

The Sungai Siput MP, who won the constituency on a PKR ticket, said the party could work alongside the PKR-DAP-PAS coalition because of similarities in their ideologies.

“Whether we are part of the alliance formally or informally, we will work with them,” he said when thanking party supporters in Jelapang on Saturday night.

However, Jeyakumar pointed out that they would need to get PSM registered first.

“We have already taken the matter to court and we will see how it works out,” he said.

The party’s application to be a registered party was rejected in 1999 and 2003.

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