PAS will organise a rally on June 14 to protest against the Urban Renewal Act (URA), which is expected to be tabled at next month’s Dewan Rakyat sitting.
PAS Youth chief Afnan Hamimi Taib Azamudden said the gathering will be held in the Klang Valley but the exact location is yet to be confirmed.
He said the early announcement was intended to give political groups and civil society organisations time to mobilise and prepare.
“We urge all parties, including NGOs, students, and concerned individuals, to come together in this peaceful rally and take a firm stand in rejecting this bill to ensure urban justice and protect the future of communities in the country’s major cities,” he told a press conference at the party’s headquarters today.
Afnan said all PAS Youth divisions will also deliver a memorandum on the issue to their respective MPs and that it will include 10 to 15 proposed alternatives to the proposed legislation.
On March 24, Afnan said the Islamic party’s youth wing would not be cowed by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s warning against efforts to derail the URA.
Anwar had previously urged the opposition not to obstruct the bill, which he said was aimed at improving the lives of urban Malays.
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