More than 100 lawyers today joined the new Parti Amanah Negara - a splinter of PAS - pledging to nurture the party to be a formidable force.

Their membership give an indication of the acceptance by professionals of the party and Amanah's legal bureau which will be led by Sepang MP and former PAS central committee member Hanipa Maidin.

Amanah deputy chairperson Salahudin Ayub who received the membership forms said that Amanah was the party of the future with young professionals making up the ranks.

He reminded the people of Singapore's former premier Lee Kuan Yew who in 2008, despite being retired and of old age, warned that his powerful People's Action Party was in danger of becoming irrelevant if they didn't listen to the young people's demand.

"The message is that there are no party in the world that can afford to be arrogant even if it were from a developed country with trillion of dollars in assets.

“We need to take into account what the future holds so the party can be accepted by all in the future," he said.

New membership target

Meanwhile, Amanah deputy secretary Abang Ahmad Kerdee Abang Masagus said the party has printed 85,000 membership forms to be distributed across the country with the original 35,000 already taken up.

"In places like Selangor, we have given 10,000 forms although the original allocation was only 5,000," he said.

The party's previous membership target was set at 30,000 while the new target will be announced during their launch on Sept 16 in Shah Alam.

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