Pusat Tenaga Ra'ayat
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The Pusat Tenaga Raayat (PUTERA) was a major political party in Malaysia opposed to the United Malays National Organization and the Malay-supremacist ideology of Ketuanan Melayu
. It formed an opposition coalition with the All-Malaya Council of Joint Action
. "Raayat" is the archaic spelling for the Malay word rakyat which means "citizens".
Ketuanan Melayu
Ketuanan Melayu is a political concept emphasizing Malay preeminence in present day Malaysia. The Malays of peninsular Malaysia claimed a special position and special rights owing to their long domicile and the role of the Malay rulers of the nine Malay states...
. It formed an opposition coalition with the All-Malaya Council of Joint Action
All-Malaya Council of Joint Action
The All-Malaya Council of Joint Action was a coalition of political and civic organizations in Malaya formed to participate in the development of a constitution for post-war Malaya in preparation for independence and to oppose the Constitutional Proposals for Malaya which eventually formed the...
. "Raayat" is the archaic spelling for the Malay word rakyat which means "citizens".