Harapan to use a single 'modified' logo for GE15

Pakatan Harapan chairperson Anwar Ibrahim said all parties in the coalition decided to use the same Harapan logo – albeit slightly modified – to face the upcoming 15th general election in order to present a more united front.

He said they took heed of the criticisms they received from the previous state election in Johor when PKR used its own logo while DAP and Amanah used the Harapan logo.

“We tried (using different logos) in Johor (state election) but there was confusion because… it seemed as though we had split up and so we were criticised.

“So I said it would be better for us to agree on one logo and yesterday we also agreed to modify the logo slightly so that it does not symbolise the past,” Anwar told reporters today.

The PKR president was attending an economic seminar called “Scripting Malaysia’s Economic Future” held at the Dorsett Grand Subang hotel in Selangor.

Focus on consolidation

It was reported earlier that Harapan will compete in GE15 with one logo, which will be the Harapan logo, but one that will be redesigned to help project a new image.

"The new shape of the logo will also give a new image and breathe fresh air into ongoing GE15 preparatory efforts," four leaders of the Harapan presidential council said after holding their monthly meeting yesterday.

"In the face of GE15, Harapan will focus on consolidation efforts to strengthen the coalition itself," Anwar, DAP secretary-general Loke Siew Fook, Amanah leader Mohamad Sabu and Upko chief Wilfred Madius Tangau said in a joint statement.

Loke also said in a weekly online programme that the parties had agreed in principle that Harapan would use one logo for GE15 and that PKR had called for minor changes to be done to rebrand Harapan’s image.

"I am pleased that we have decided in principle to use one logo for GE15,” he added.

In its victorious GE14 campaign, the Harapan coalition contested under the PKR logo as the Registrar of Societies did not approve the coalition’s registration as a body.

Loke also said he expected seat distribution negotiations and a joint manifesto from the coalition members to be resolved by the end of September.

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