Parti Bersatu Sabah
United Sabah Party Parti Bersatu Sabah | |
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| Abbreviation | PBS |
| President | Joseph Pairin Kitingan |
| Secretary-General | Johnny Mositun |
| Deputy President |
Maximus Johnity Ongkili Yee Moh Chai Jamilah Sulaiman |
| Women Leader | Lasiah @ Anita Baranting |
| Youth Leader | Jikulin @ Jake Nointin |
| Founder | Joseph Pairin Kitingan |
| Founded | 5 March 1985 |
| Split from | Sabah People's United Front (opposition) |
| Headquarters | Blok ‘M’, Lot 4, Tingkat 2 & 3, Donggongon New Township, Peti Surat 13060, 88834 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah |
| Youth wing | Youth Section |
| Women's wing | Women Section |
| Ideology | Kadazan-Dusun interests |
| National affiliation |
Gagasan Rakyat (1990–96) Barisan Nasional (1986–1990, 2002–present) |
| Colours | Green, light blue |
| Dewan Negara: |
1 / 70 |
| Dewan Rakyat: |
4 / 222 |
| Sabah State Legislative Assembly: |
7 / 60 |
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The Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS, or United Sabah Party) is a political party in Sabah, Malaysia. It was registered as a political party on 5 March 1985. The founding president was Datuk Joseph Pairin Kitingan, who broke away from the ruling Parti Berjaya because of his differences with party president Harris Salleh, the Chief Minister in whose cabinet Pairin served before the break.
Although it is mainly seen as an ethnically-based Kadazan-Dusun political party, PBS calls itself a "Malaysian multi-racial political party". Its declared political mission is to strive to safeguard Sabah's autonomy and states rights, promote democratic principles, economic advancement, human rights, and justice.
PBS formed the state government after winning the 1985 state elections and governed Sabah from 1985 to 1994. Following the 1986 Sabah riots, PBS joined the Barisan Nasional coalition after winning the May 1986 state election.[1] However, on the eve of the July 1990 state election, PBS pulled out of the coalition[1] and won the state election for a third time. It also won the 1994 state elections by a narrow margin. However, numerous defections occurred as many PBS representatives switched allegiance to the then opposition Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition before PBS were even able to form a new state government; these politicians were nicknamed katak, which means frogs in Malay. PBS subsequently rejoined the BN coalition in 2002, ending any form of opposition as BN fully occupied the state legislature and returning Sabah to the rule of the BN coalition that holds the federal parliament.
Elected representatives
Dewan Negara (Senate)
Senators
- Jamilah Sulaiman – appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives)
Members of Parliament of the 13th Malaysian Parliament
- Sabah
- P168 – Kota Marudu – Maximus Johnity Ongkili
- P180 – Keningau – Joseph Pairin Kitingan
- P185 – Batu Sapi – Linda Tsen Thau Lin
- P190 – Tawau – Mary Yap Kain Ching
Dewan Undangan Negeri (State Legislative Assembly)
Malaysian State Assembly Representatives
- Sabah State Legislative Assembly
- N05 – Tandek – Anita Lasiah Baranting
- N11 – Kiulu – Joniston Bangkuai
- N17 – Tanjong Aru – Yong Oui Fah
- N29 – Kundasang – Joachim Gunsalam
- N32 – Tambunan – Joseph Pairin Kitingan
- N35 – Melalap – Radin Malleh
- N40 – Labuk – Michael Metah Asang
References
- Chin, James 1994. "Sabah State Election of 1994: End of Kadazan Unity, Asian Survey, Vol. 34, No. 10, pp. 904–915
- 1 2 Lim, G. "Sabah: All Quiet On The Eastern Front?". Aliran Monthly. Archived from the original on 19 November 2007. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
