Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front

BERJASA is a political party in Malaysia. The party is part of a Malay-Islam based coalition named "Gerakan Tanah Air" .

Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front
Malay name	Barisan Jemaah Islamiah Se-Malaysia باريسن جماعه اسلاميه سمليسيا
Chinese name	泛馬來西亞伊斯蘭陣綫 泛马来西亚伊斯兰阵线 Fàn mǎláixīyà yīsīlán zhènxiàn
Abbreviation	BERJASA / برجاس
President	Zamani Ibrahim
Secretary-General	Ir. Ts. Lukman Al Hakim
Deputy President	Dato' Rosli Bin Ramli
Vice President	Afif Badhrulhisham Abdul Samad Ashaari
Women Chief	Dr. Fadilah Ashaari
Youth Chief	Fahmi Bazlan Muda
Founder	Mohamed Nasir
Founded	1977
Youth wing	Angkatan Pemuda-Pemudi BERJASA (ANGKASA)
Women wing	Wanita BERJASA
Membership	48,965 (Claimed)
Ideology	Islamic democracy Islamism
Political position	Right-wing
Religion	Sunni Islam
National affiliation	Barisan Nasional (1978-1983) Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah (1990–1996) Gagasan Sejahtera (2016–2020) Gerakan Tanah Air (since 2022) Allied coalition Perikatan Nasional (2020-2022)
Colors	Dark Pink
Slogan	"Kepimpinan Baharu Malaysia!" "New Leadership For Malaysia!"
Anthem	Bersama Pimpin Negara
Dewan Negara	0 / 70
Dewan Rakyat	0 / 222
State Legislative Assemblies	0 / 607
Party flag
Website
berjasa.org.my
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History

BERJASA logo (1977-2020)^[1]

The party was founded in 1977 by then Chief Minister of Kelantan, Mohamed Nasir, as a splinter of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) against the backdrop of the 1977 Kelantan Emergency, in which he played a major role. The party received the support of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the leading party in the then-ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. The split proved to be severely detrimental to PAS in a state election called months ahead of the 1978 Malaysian general election; among the 36 seats in the state's legislative assembly, UMNO won 23, BERJASA won 11, while PAS won only two.^[2]

BERJASA subsequently joined BN, but support for BERJASA quickly dissolved and it only won four seats in the Kelantan state assembly in the 1982 general election. The same year, Syed Hussein Alatas, who was the former president of Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia and a noted academic, joined BERJASA as a member of its supreme council.^[3] He would quit the party in 1983.^[4] BERJASA stayed out of the 1986 general election as it had pulled out from BN in protest of the admission of another new splinter party of PAS, Parti Hizbul Muslimin Malaysia (HAMIM) into BN. In 1989, it joined Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah (APU) opposition parties coalition under the leadership of Parti Melayu Semangat 46 (S46). It won only one seat in the 1990 general election but failed to retain it in 1995 general election. APU alliance was subsequently dissolved in 1996 after Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah decided to dissolve it and rejoin UMNO. Since then, BERJASA only maintained minimal and nearly inactive participation in the political fray,^[5] as evidenced from their participation in subsequent general elections.^[6]

In the 2013 general elections (GE13), in spite of the party empowered by the NGO of Malaysian Muslim Solidarity or Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (ISMA) leaders; who contested under the ticket of BERJASA but all had lost as candidates.^[7][8][9] Some of the ISMA leaders has joined BERJASA to remain active in politics since.^[10]

BERJASA president Dr. Mustapa Kamal Maulut in announcing plan to contest the approaching 2018 general elections (GE14), had controversially declared it's a 'Cooperative' party in order to attract potential voters who are also cooperative members, with contentious claim it's trying to develop the nation economy through the cooperative which were refuted by the Angkatan Koperasi Kebangsaan Malaysia Bhd (ANGKASA) and Suruhanjaya Koperasi Malaysia (SKM).^[11][12][13] The party received a facelift in 2016 then when it joined Gagasan Sejahtera (GS), an informal alliance of opposition parties led by the PAS together with Parti Ikatan Bangsa Malaysia (IKATAN).^[14] In GE 14, under GS alliance BERJASA contested using PAS logo in three parliamentary seats, namely in Cameron Highlands, Selayang and Tanjung Piai and in the state seats of Sungai Manik and Batu Kurau.^[15] The party failed to win any of the seats, with all of their candidates losing their deposits.^[16] Feeling betrayed by PAS in GE14,^[17] in the 2019 Tanjung Piai by-election, BERJASA fielded its president, Prof. Dato' Dr. Badrulhisham Abdul Aziz to contest on its own banner ignoring the GS alliance.^[18][19] but only obtained 850 votes to finish forth, in the six-cornered fight for the parliamentary seat.^[20]

In September 2020, BERJASA officially unveiled "purple" as the party's new colours in line with its rejuvenation process to be a more vigorous and energetical party in facing a challenging political survival and forthcoming general election (G15).^[21] Ustaz Zamani Ibrahim has been elected as the BERJASA president beginning 27 March 2021.^[22][23] The apparent ISMA link has verified the speculations the NGO is taking over the political party to be its political vehicle amidst ISMA's denial.^[24]

BERJASA team up with PEJUANG, PUTRA, IMAN to form GTA, and lost all seats.

General election results

Election	Total seats won	Seats contested	Total votes	Share of votes	Outcome of election	Election leader
1974	0 / 193				; No representation in Parliament	N/A
1978	0 / 193				; No representation in Parliament (Barisan Nasional)	N/A
1982	0 / 193				; No representation in Parliament (Barisan Nasional)	N/A
1986	0 / 193				; No representation in Parliament	N/A
1990	1 / 193				; 1 representation (Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah)	N/A
1995	0 / 193				; No representation in Parliament (Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah)	N/A
1999	0 / 193	45	409	0.01%	; No representation in Parliament	N/A
2004	0 / 193	N/A	N/A	N/A	; No representation in Parliament	N/A
2008	0 / 219	N/A	N/A	N/A	; No representation in Parliament	N/A
2013	0 / 222	9	31,835	0.29%	; No representation in Parliament	N/A
2018	0 / 222	1	81	0.00%	; No representation in Parliament (Gagasan Sejahtera)	Abdul Kadir Mamat
2022	0 / 222	9	4,252	0.03%	; No representation in Parliament (Gerakan Tanah Air)	Zamani Ibrahim

State election results

State election	State Legislative Assembly
	Kedah	Kelantan	Perak	Pahang	Selangor	Total won / Total contested
2/3 majority	2 / 3	2 / 3	2 / 3	2 / 3	2 / 3	2 / 3
1978		11 / 36		0 / 32		11 / 28
1982		4 / 36				4 / 11
1990		1 / 39				1 / 1
1995		0 / 43				0 / 1
2013	0 / 36		0 / 59		0 / 58	0 / 5
2018			0 / 59			0 / 2
2022				0 / 42		0 / 1

See also

• Mohamed Nasir
• 1977 Kelantan Emergency
• Malaysian Muslim Solidarity
• Politics of Malaysia
• List of political parties in Malaysia

References

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2. In-Won Hwang (2003). Personalized Politics. Alpha Books. pp. 117–8. ISBN 981-230-185-2.
3. "Alatas in Berjasa supreme council". The Straits Times. 1982-07-15. p. 15. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
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12. "Hebahan : Penafian SKM - Berjasa Parti Koperasi" (in Malay). Suruhanjaya Koperasi Malaysia (SKM). Retrieved 10 October 2021.
13. "Kenali Berjasa Parti Koperasi" (in Malay). Parti Koperasi Berjasa. Retrieved 10 October 2021 – via WordPress.
14. "BERJASA sertai Gagasan Sejahtera bersama PAS dan Ikatan" (in Malay). Agenda Daily. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
15. "Berjasa man says ditched PAS-led coalition, PAS insists still buddies=". Malaysiakini. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
16. Loghun Kumaran (2 May 2018). "Cracks in Gagasan Sejahtera as Berjasa accuses PAS of offering 'unwinnable' seats". The Malay Mail. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
17. "Gagasan partner turns on PAS: 'We were betrayed'". Malaysiakini. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
18. AMIN, Nor Azura Md (2019-10-31). "Berjasa umum tanding PRK Tanjung Piai". Sinar Harian (in Malay). Retrieved 2019-11-03.
19. Mohd Zulfadli Che Aziz (2 November 2021). "Mereka Bukan Gagasan Sejahtera "Jangan Undi Parti Berjasa" – Takiyuddin Hassan" (in Malay). Malaysia Gazette. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 20 September 2021 – via YouTube.
20. "Barisan Nasional wins Tg Piai by-election with 15,086 vote majority". The Star Online. 16 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
21. "RASMI: BERJASA lancar wajah baharu bagi menghadapi PRU tidak lama lagi". Azura Ali. Berjasa. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
22. "Mantan JK Fatwa Negeri Sembilan dilantik sebagai Presiden baharu BERJASA". Azura Ali. Berjasa. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
23. Siti Hafidah (29 March 2021). "Ustaz Zamani Ibrahim kini Presiden". ISMAweb. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
24. Faiz Zainudin (30 May 2019). "Isma nafi ambil alih Berjasa, kekal sebagai NGO" (in Malay). Free Malaysia Today. Retrieved 10 October 2021.

External links

• Official website
• Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front on Facebook