PAS assemblyman for Pengkalan Kundor, Datuk Ir Pahrolrazi Zawawi today confirmed he would be joining the new party which is being registered with the Registrar of Societies (RoS) as Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah).

The former Kedah PAS deputy commissioner I and state executive councillor, said with that, his membership in PAS would automatically cease.

However, he would remain as the constituency's assemblyman, he told a news conference, here, today.

On Monday, Gerakan Harapan Baru (HB) chairman Mohamad Sabu announced Amanah would be used as its official political platform.

He said GHB had taken over the Malaysian Workers Party and rebranded it as Parti Amanah Negara and the details would be submitted to RoS for approval.

Meanwhile, Kedah Amanah organising chairman, Datuk Dr Ismail Salleh who was present at the news conference, said Kedah Amanah would be officially launched by its adviser Ahmad Awang on Sept 9.