PSM on membership drive

Source TheStar

KUALA LUMPUR: Parti Socialis Malaysia (PSM), which was registered as political party only two months ago, is embarking on a nationwide membership drive.

PSM president and Kota Damansara assemblyman Dr Nasir Hashim said the party also wanted to make sure its supporters were registered as members.

The party had previously claimed to have 10,000 members, mostly unregistered.

“We believe that after the March 8 general election, support towards the party is getting stronger,” he told reporters when met at the party’s Hari Raya open house on Sunday.

Dr Nasir also said that although PSM supported the Pakatan Rakyat opposition alliance, it had not joined the opposition pact as yet.

Besides Dr Nasir, PSM, which was registered as a political party on Aug 19 after numerous attempts since 1998, has one Member of Parliament, Dr D. Jayakumar (Sungai Siput).