Angkatan Amanah Merdeka ( Malay for "Independence Trust Forces",

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: AMANAH) is a

non-government organisation A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an independent, typically nonprofit organization that operates outside government control, though it may get a significant percentage of its funding from government or corporate sources. NGOs often focus ...

(NGO) founded by

Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah Tengku Razaleigh bin Tengku Mohd Hamzah (Jawi alphabet, Jawi: تڠکو غزالي بن تڠکو محمد حمزة; born 13 April 1937) is a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician who served as the Dewan Rakyat, Member of Parliament (MP) for Gu ...

on 22 July 2011 at the Memorial Tunku Abdul Rahman in

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. It is founded to represent the voice of Malaysians and its mission is to fight against corruption, cronyism, racism, extremism and the wastage of government expenditure according to Federal Constitution. Among the other veteran political leaders who present were the former Minister of Information, Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir; the former President of Parti Kesejahteraan Insan Tanah Air (KITA), Datuk Zaid Ibrahim; former President of MCA, Datuk Seri

Ong Tee Keat Ong Tee Keat (; born 22 November 1956) is a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician who served as the Minister of Transport (Malaysia), Minister of Transport in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahma ...

; former Deputy President of MIC, Datuk S. Subramaniam; Datuk Seri Wilfred Bumburing; Datuk Seri Bujang Ulis; dan Datuk Seri Daniel Tajem. The formation of Amanah has created speculation it is to serve as platform for

and its others leaders to maintain their powers and also to enable Tengku to become an alternative choice as the Prime Minister for

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in the case that they win the 13th General Election and if

Anwar Ibrahim Anwar bin Ibrahim (; born 10 August 1947), also known by his abbreviation as DSAI and PMX, is a Malaysian politician who is the 10th prime minister of Malaysia since 2022. A member of the People's Justice Party (Malaysia), People's Justice P ...

founded guilty and imprisoned for the court case he was facing at that time. As the Amanah is just an NGO, there are some demands for it to change to become a political party and join the opposition in the coming general election.

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