Three PKR reps aiming for top party posts have revealed a three-pronged plan to win the next general election.

The PKR alliance of Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, Nurul Izzah Anwar and Rafizi Ramli said today the some 500,000 PKR members should vote them into power because of their strong vision for victory in GE14 instead of other reasons in the end-April party elections.

"The vision has to be practical and not merely political rhetoric about who is corruption-free, or loyal to who. Therefore, let me be the first to present our plan," Saifuddin, who is contesting for PKR deputy president, told reporters at the PKR HQ.

With him were Nurul and Rafizi who are both contesting for PKR vice president posts.

Saifuddin, who is PKR's secretary general, said that their three-pronged plan was to draw and promote more youths in PKR, finalise Pakatan's candidacy list by March 2015 and to use intellect to respond to Umno's racially slanted scare tactics to garner Malay voters.

The trio had last week disclosed that they would run as a team based on the slogan of 'our shared future.'

Mentorship programme

Elaborating on the GE14 strategy. Saifuddin, said that only about a third of all PKR members were below 35 years old.

It needs to raise that benchmark as some 60 percent of the GE14's eligible voters will be under 30, he estimated.

"We need an aggressive and clear strategy beyond PKR youth," Saifuddin said, adding that they proposed a mentorship programme to bring young leaders into play.

On an early candidacy list for GE14, Saifuddin said this could be done if Pakatan's partners are willing to start negotiations by this year.

"The unsure seat placements marred preparations by candidates at the last general elections," Saifuddin said.

He added that since Pakatan has worked together for four general elections now, there were some sure-win seats that were beyond negotiations, either due to personality, tradition or demographics.

Early negotiation would then help Pakatan to mop up seats where they lost marginally and to avoid cross-party contests.

On the third strategy, Saifuddin said that the trio will strive to convince Malays that Islam's position in Malaysia will not be eroded if non-Muslims were allowed to practise their beliefs.

"We need to answer (Umno) with intellect and confidently show that Malays can be just and are not afraid to compete with other races," Saifuddin said.

He alleged that Umno has seized Malay votes from PKR through false propaganda and playing up such fears.