Foundation
Upon his release from incarceration in 1955, Boestamam regrouped his supporters to form Partai Ra'ayat (English: People's Party; PR). The new party was inaugurated on November 11, 1955 embracing a philosophy of nationalistic social democracy focussing on the poor known as Marhaenism, a phrase coined by Sukarno. PR formed a coalition with the Labour Party of Malaya led by another PKMM veteran, Ishak Haji Muhammad. This became known as the Malayan People's Socialist Front (Malay: Fron Sosialis Rakyat Malaya) or the Socialist Front (SF) and was officially August 26, 1958.
Branches of PR was formed in the neighbouring British protectorate of Brunei and the colony of Singapore in what eventually became the Partai Rakyat Brunei (English: Brunei People's Party; PRB) and Partai Rakyat Singapore (English: Singapore People's Party (PRS) - not to be mistaken with the current Singapore People's Party). Both these branches eventually disappeared from active politics by the mid 1960s with the PRB banned in 1962 and the PRS never sufficiently gaining enough support in Singapore for electoral success. The PRB is believed to be still operating in exile and the PRS remains a registered political party in Singapore.
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