United Sabah Party

United Sabah Party Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS)
Malay name	Parti Bersatu Sabah ڤرتي برساتو سابه
Chinese name	沙巴團結黨 沙巴团结党 Shābā tuánjiédǎng
Abbreviation	PBS
President	Maximus Ongkili
Chairperson	Claudius Alex Sundang
Secretary-General	Joniston Bangkuai
Deputy Presidents	Radin Malleh Yee Moh Chai Jahid Jahim
Women Chief	Malianah Ugau[1]
Youth Chief	Christopher Mandut
Vice-Presidents	Joachim Gunsalam Linda Tsen Daniel Isidore Stanislaus Kinsik Johnny Juani Mositun Ruslan Muharam Peter Mak Almudin Kaida Joseph Lee Han Khyun Mursid Mohd Rais
Treasurer-General	Lu Kim Yen[1]
Founder	Joseph Pairin Kitingan
Founded	5 March 1985
Registered	5 March 1985 (Officially registered)
Legalised	5 March 1985 Legalised by Registrar of Society (ROS)
Split from	Sabah People's United Front (BERJAYA)
Headquarters	Blok ‘M’, Lot 4, Tingkat 2 & 3, Donggongon New Township, Donggongon, 89507 Penampang (Peti Surat 13060, 88834 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah)
Youth wing	Youth Section
Women's wing	Women Section
Membership (2021)	450,000[2]
Ideology	Protect the rights of the indigenous people of Sabah Unity Economics and Development Fighting for local rights Sabahan Patriotism 20-point agreement Awareness (Kesedaran) Kadazan-Dusun interests
Political position	Centre-right
National affiliation	Gagasan Rakyat (1991–1996) Barisan Nasional (1985–1990), (2002–2018) United Alliance (2018-2020) Political allies Perikatan Nasional (since 2020) Regional affiliation Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (since 2020)
Colours	Light blue and green
Slogan	"Sabah untuk Rakyat Sabah" (Sabah for Sabah's People) (2019)[3]
Dewan Negara:	0 / 70
Dewan Rakyat:	1 / 222
Sabah State Legislative Assembly:	7 / 79
Chief ministers in Malaysia	0 / 13
Election symbol
(Official symbol since 1985)[4]
Party flag
(since 5 March 1985)[5]
Website
www.partibersatusabah.org
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The United Sabah Party (Malay: Parti Bersatu Sabah, abbreviated PBS) is a political party of Sabah, Malaysia. United Sabah Party (PBS) is often referred to as Sabah's "Grand Old Local Party".^[6] Since 2020, PBS has been an allied partner providing confidence and supply to the ruling federal Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition and also a major component of the Sabah-based Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state governing alliance.

History[]

PBS was registered as a political party on 5 March 1985. The founding President is Joseph Pairin Kitingan, who broke away from the ruling Parti Bersatu Rakyat Jelata Sabah (BERJAYA) because of his differences with the party president Harris Salleh and Chief Minister of Sabah in whose state cabinet Pairin served before the break-up.^[7][8]

PBS later formed the state government after winning the 1985 state elections and governed Sabah from 1985 to 1994.^[8] Following the 1986 Sabah riots,^[7] PBS joined the Barisan Nasional coalition after winning the May 1986 state election.^[9] However, on the eve of the July 1990 state election, PBS pulled out of the coalition^[9] 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 BN coalition before PBS were even able to form a new state government. 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. Following the fall of BN in the 2018 general election, PBS left the coalition and formed a new Sabah-based informal coalition of parties known as the United Alliance or Gabungan Bersatu.^[10] and also the United Alliance or Gabungan Bersatu Sabah. PBS has later allied partner providing of the new ruling government Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition set-up by prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin) during the 2020 Malaysian political crisis and Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) or Sabah People's Alliance in September just before the 2020 Sabah state election which was won by the GRS. As a result, PBS has signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of the both PN and GRS pacts separately.^[11][12]

Ideology and support base[]

Although it is mainly seen as an ethnically-based Kadazan-Dusun political party, PBS calls itself a "Malaysian multi-racial political party"^[13][14] in which members are mostly of Kadazan-Dusun (from both the Dusunic plus Paitanic ethnolinguistic groups) and Murut (including the Lundayeh subgroup) ethnic descent though the second and third largest ethnic membership are mostly Muslim Bumiputeras, mostly ethnic local Sabahan based ethnic Malay race (Bruneian Malays and Cocos Malays), and also from the Bajau community of peoples, which is the second-largest ethnic Bumiputra in the state including the Iranun subgroup and some Suluk together with the Chinese (alongside those of mixed-race or "Sino-Native" subgroup of the Chinese minority) and its declared political mission is to strive to safeguard Sabah's autonomy and state rights, promoting democratic principles, economic advancement, human rights and justice system.^[15]

PBS is a multi-racial party although it is seen as a Kadazan-Dusun party. In essence, PBS fights for democracy and has a vision to build a developed, harmonious and unity of Sabah government through a genuine parliamentary democracy process. It also seeks to safeguard the rights and powers of Sabah's autonomy, human rights and uphold justice. The party also fights for the special rights of the Bumiputeras and the interests of other races, preserving the traditional culture of each races in Sabah and freedom of religion in Malaysia.^[16]

Among the most vocal issues voiced by the party were the issue of illegal immigrants in Sabah, the issue of IC Project in East Malaysia, unbalanced development, the 'ghost voters' and the 20-point agreement of Sabah's entry into Malaysia.

Leadership Structure[]

Elected representatives[]

Dewan Negara (Senate)[]

Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives)[]

Members of Parliament of the 14th Malaysian Parliament[]

PBS has currently only 1 MP in the House of Representatives.

State	No.	Parliament Constituency	Member	Party
Sabah	P168	Kota Marudu	Maximus Ongkili		PBS
Total	Sabah (1)

Dewan Undangan Negeri (State Legislative Assembly)[]

Malaysian State Assembly Representatives[]

Sabah State Legislative Assembly

State	No.	Parliamentary Constituency	No.	State Assembly Constituency	Member	Party
Sabah	P168	Kota Marudu	N05	Matunggong	Julita Mojungki		PBS
			N07	Tandek	Hendrus Anding		PBS
	P170	Tuaran	N14	Tamparuli	Jahid Noordin Jahim		PBS
			N15	Kiulu	Joniston Lumai @ Bangkuai		PBS
	P178	Sipitang	N34	Lumadan	Ruslan Muharam		PBS
	P179	Ranau	N36	Kundasang	Joachim Gunsalam		PBS
	P183	Beluran	N47	Telupid	Jonnybone J Kurum		PBS
Total			Sabah (7)

PBS state governments[]

State	Leader type	Member	Party		State Constituency
Sabah	Deputy Chief Minister III	Joachim Gunsalam		PBS	Kundasang

Election results[]

Election year	Malaysia Parliament		Sabah State Assembly		Outcome
	Candidates	Seats won	Candidates	Seats won
1985	-	-	45	25 / 48	25 seats; Sabah state governing coalition (with PASOK)
1986	-	-	47	34 / 48	9 seats; Sabah state government Snap election
1986	14	10 / 177	-	-	10 seats; Federal governing coalition (Barisan Nasional)
1990	-	-	48	36 / 48	2 seats; Sabah state government (Barisan Nasional, contested under PBS ticket)
1990	14	14 / 180	-	-	4 seats; Federal opposition coalition (left BN before polling day to join Gagasan Rakyat)
1994	-	-	48	25 / 48	11 seats; Sabah state government
1995	28	8 / 192	-	-	6 seats; Federal opposition
1999	-	-	48	17 / 48	6 seats; Sabah state opposition
1999	17	3 / 193	-	-	5 seats; Federal opposition
2004	4	4 / 219	13	13 / 60	1 seat; Federal governing coalition (Barisan Nasional) 4 seats; Sabah state governing coalition (BN Sabah)
2008	4	3 / 222	13	12 / 60	1 seat; Federal governing coalition (Barisan Nasional) 1 seat; Sabah state governing coalition (BN Sabah)
2013	5	4 / 222	13	7 / 60	1 seat; Federal governing coalition (Barisan Nasional) 5 seats; Sabah state governing coalition (BN Sabah)
2018	5	1 / 222	13	6 / 60	3 seat; Federal opposition coalition (United Alliance) 1 seat; Sabah state opposition coalition (United Alliance)
2020	-	-	22	7 / 73	1 seat; Sabah state governing coalition (Gabungan Rakyat Sabah, with PN and BN) Snap election

See also[]

• Joseph Pairin Kitingan

References[]

Notes[]

External links[]

• Official website