“Muda has been approved. Muda’s birthday is on Dec 23,” said the party’s co-founder, Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, on Twitter today.

“Sorry for not informing everyone earlier as we wanted to focus on our flood assistance missions,” added the former youth and sports minister.

On Dec 14, the Kuala Lumpur High Court ordered the home ministry to register Muda within two weeks.

Earlier this year, the Registrar of Societies (RoS) rejected Muda’s application to be registered as a political party but did not provide any specific reason for the decision.

Syed Saddiq said the party had already received 60,000 applications, mostly from those aged 40 to 60.

He said the oldest was a man in his 80s, who wanted his grandchildren to live in a country with “a prosperous future”.

The party will now “hit the ground running” by holding discussions and seeking views from at least five million Malaysians from all walks of life.

“It will be a listening tour, not the usual dialogues to hear views before we draw up our policies,” he said during a press conference held online.

These views would be formulated into policies to attract high-quality investments, create skilled jobs, improve the education system and have a better tax system, he said.

He said the party wanted to “turbocharge” the country with proper policies but not those that only enrich a certain group.

He said Malaysia had “great potential” and this cannot be achieved through “cosmetic” or superficial changes.

The Muar MP further said the days of warlords controlling a political party or personality politics were over.

The party president, he said, would not be allowed to appoint candidates with a “stroke of the pen”.

“The process has to be as transparent as possible with the best candidates to serve Malaysians. That is the way to turbocharge Malaysia,” he added.

Syed Saddiq said since the Dec 18 floods, Muda had raised RM2 million and had 10,000 volunteers on the ground to help victims nationwide.

“We do not have the experience in politics but we can focus on offering services needed by the rakyat,” he added.

Syed Saddiq, who is 29, also said Muda was not aiming to take revenge on anyone but aimed to make Malaysia a “dignified country for all races and ages”.

“It is a party for all and for the future. It will be an inclusive party.”

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