Parti Sarawak Bersatu
Malaysian political party (2014–2024) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The United Sarawak Party (Malay: Parti Sarawak Bersatu, abbreviated PSB) was a multi-racial political party based in the state of Sarawak.[2]
United Sarawak Party Parti Sarawak Bersatu | |
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Malay name | Parti Sarawak Bersatu ڤرتي سراوق برساتو |
Chinese name | 砂拉越全民團結黨 砂拉越全民团结党 Sa-la-oa̍t Choân-bîn Thoân-kiat-tóng Saa1 Laa1 Jyut6 Cyun4 Man4 Tyun4 Git3 Dong2 Shālāyuè quan min tuán jié dǎng |
Abbreviation | PSB |
President | Wong Soon Koh |
Secretary-General | Baru Bian |
Founders | Wong Soon Koh Jerip Susil Johnical Rayong Ngipa Ranum Mina |
Founded | 2014 (founded as UPP), 2019 (renamed as PSB with merger of UPP and former SUPP breakway members) |
Dissolved | 19 March 2024 |
Split from | Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) |
Preceded by | UPP (2014–2019) SUPP (Wong Soon Koh faction) |
Merged into | Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) |
Headquarters | Kuching, Sarawak |
Membership | 80,000 (upon dissolution) |
Ideology | Regionalism Self-determination National conservatism MA63 & Sarawak rights Multiracial democracy National reformism |
Political position | Centre to centre-right[1] |
National affiliation | Allied coalitions: Barisan Nasional (BN) (2014–2019) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2019–2021) Perikatan Rakyat Bersatu Sarawak (PERKASA) (2021–2023) Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) (2019 & 2023–2024) |
Colours | Red, Yellow, Gold |
Slogan | Ubah Sekarang, Sarawak Maju |
Anthem | Parti Sarawak Bersatu |
Party flag | |
(PSB flag upon dissolution) | |
Website | |
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In the 2021 Sarawak state election, PSB managed to retain the four seats of Batu Lintang, Engkilili, Ba'kelalan and Bawang Assan, making it the largest opposition party in Sarawak, replacing Pakatan Harapan (PH) which only retained two seats of Pending and Padungan through the Democratic Action Party (DAP). On 13 July 2023, PSB signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) to show its support for the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition. However, Wong remained the State Leader of the Opposition of Sarawak and PSB stayed in the opposition in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly.[3] According to PSB Deputy President Johnical Rayong Ngipa, the party was set to be dissolved before Chinese New Year in 2024 and all existing PSB members were expected to join the PDP, a component party of the GPS coalition.[4] On 6 April 2024, Wong confirmed that the Registrar of Societies had approved the application of PSB to be dissolved on 19 March 2024 and all 80,000 PSB members had joined the PDP upon the dissolution. PDP President Tiong King Sing also appointed Wong as the Senior Vice President, Johnical Rayong Ngipa and Baru Bian as Vice Presidents of PDP. Upon the dissolution of PSB and the joining of its members in GPS, which was the state ruling coalition, Chong Chieng Jen took office as the Sarawak State Opposition Leader for the second term after the Sarawak opposition was left with only PH and DAP who were represented by only two MLAs Chong himself who was the Padungan MLA and Pending MLA Violet Yong Wui Wui. GPS also held 79 of the 82 seats in the State Assembly, ruling the state with more than two-thirds supermajority support of the assembly.