The
Pakatan Rakyat or
PR (
People's Pact / People's Alliance) was an informal Malaysian
political coalition and successor to
Barisan Alternatif (BA). The political coalition was formed by the
People's Justice Party (PKR),
Democratic Action Party (DAP), and
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) on 1 April 2008, after the 12th
Malaysian general election, having previously formed the
Barisan Alternatif (Alternative Front) in the 10th general election. On 20 April 2010, the
Sarawak National Party (SNAP) officially joined as a member of the Pakatan Rakyat after being expelled from Barisan Nasional, but quit the coalition on 6 May 2011. The existence of this coalition is disputed, with
DAP declared it "dead" on 16 June 2015, citing the inability of the rest of the alliance to work with PAS, after PAS's congress passed the motion to sever ties with DAP without debate.PAS, however insists the coalition is still alive. It were succeeded by
Pakatan Harapan.