Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah Explained

Country:Malaysia
Sabah People's Ideas Party
Lang1:Malay
Name Lang1:Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah
حزب أفكار شعب صباح
Lang2:Chinese
Name Lang2:沙巴民意党
Shābā rénmín lǐniàn dǎng
Abbreviation:GAGASAN / PGRS
Founder:Ationg Tituh[1]
Secretary General:Razali Razi
Leader1 Title:Deputy President
Leader1 Name:Masidi Manjun
Leader2 Title:Vice President
Leader2 Name:Mohd Arifin Mohd Arif
Rubin Balang
Masiung Banah
Foundation:28 August 2013
Split:Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah (BERSATU Sabah)
United Malays National Organisation of Sabah (UMNO Sabah)
Heritage Party (WARISAN)
Headquarters:Ibu Pejabat Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah, Block G, Lor Plaza Permai 2, Alamesra, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Youth Wing:Pemuda Gagasan Rakyat Sabah

Skuad GAHMUDA
Membership Year:2023
Membership:579,940
Ideology:Regionalism
Multiracialism
Self-determination
Sabahan nationalism
Sabah & Sarawak unity
MA63 rights
Position:Centre to centre-right
Colours:Red & Blue
Colorcode:Red
President:Hajiji Noor
Symbol:
Anthem:Gagasan Rakyat Rumah Kita
Seats1 Title:Dewan Negara
Seats2 Title:Dewan Rakyat (in Sabah)
Seats3 Title:Dewan Undangan Negeri (in Sabah)
Seats4 Title:Chief minister of states (Chief Minister of Sabah)

Sabah People's Ideas Party (Malay: Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah; abbrev: GAGASAN or PGRS) is a regionalist political party based in Sabah, East-Malaysia. Founded in August 2013 by Ationg Tituh, the party was taken over by Hajiji Noor in 2023 and is currently the largest party in Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS), the ruling coalition in Sabah.[2]

History

The party was founded on 28 August 2013 by Ationg Tituh but remained dormant until 2016 due to a lack of funds and manpower.[3]

GAGASAN was member to a failed merger involving Love Sabah Party, Sabah Native Co-operation Party, and a yet-to-be-registered Parti Hak Sabah with Anifah Aman as president.[4] [5] Prior to the party's takeover by Hajiji in 2023, it was dominated by the Kadazandusun Rungus ethnic group.[6]

Sabah chief minister Hajiji Noor announced his takeover of the party on 29 January 2023, with the party having been accepted into the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah coalition, which Hajiji also led, on 9 December 2022.[7] The four members of parliament who left the Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah together with Hajiji in December 2022 were not allowed to join GAGASAN as a result of the federal anti-party hopping law.[8]

The party gained 26 members of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly over the course of the 2023 Sabah political crisis.

List of leaders

President

OrderNameTerm of officeRemarks
1Dr. Ationg Tituh28 August 201320 May 2021[9]
2Stephen Jacob Jimbangan21 May 202129 January 2023[10]
3Hajiji Noor5 February 2023incumbent[11]

Leadership structure

Central leadership

Divisional chairpersons[12]

Party symbols

Colours

The main colors used in the party's logo and flag are red and blue.

Elected representatives

Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives)

Members of Parliament of the 15th Malaysian Parliament

See main article: Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 15th Malaysian Parliament.

Dewan Negara (Senate)

Senators

See main article: Members of the Dewan Negara, 15th Malaysian Parliament.

Dewan Undangan Negeri (State Legislative Assembly)

See main article: List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2022–present). Sabah State Legislative Assembly

StateNo.Parliamentary ConstituencyNo.State ConstituencyMemberParty
P167KudatN01 GAGASAN
N03 PitasRuddy AwahGAGASAN
N04 GAGASAN
P169Kota BeludN08 PintasanGAGASAN
N09 GAGASAN
P170TuaranN12 GAGASAN
N13 GAGASAN
P173PutatanN23 Awang Ahmad Sah Awang Sahari GAGASAN
P175PaparN28 GAGASAN
P176KimanisN31 GAGASAN
P177BeaufortN32 GAGASAN
N33 GAGASAN
P178SipitangN35 GAGASAN
P179RanauN37 GAGASAN
P181TenomN43 Rubin Balang GAGASAN
P182PensianganN46 NabawanAbd. Ghani Mohd. Yassin GAGASAN
P183BeluranN48 GAGASAN
N49 LabukGAGASAN
P185Batu SapiN54 GAGASAN
P187KinabatanganN57 GAGASAN
P188Lahad DatuN63 Norazlinah Arif GAGASAN
P190TawauN67 Hamid Awang GAGASAN
N68 GAGASAN
P191KalabakanN73 Hassan A Gani Pg Amir GAGASAN
-Nominated Member GAGASAN
Nominated Member GAGASAN
Total

State election results

State electionState Legislative Assembly
SabahTotal won / Total contested
2/3 majority
2020

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Keputusan | Pilihan Raya Umum Malaysia Ke-15 .
  2. https://www.astroawani.com/berita-politik/hajiji-ketuai-parti-gagasan-rakyat-sabah-404103
  3. Web site: Fong . Durie Rainer . 2019-08-27 . Sabah's small opposition party has big aims . 2024-07-17 . Sabah’s small opposition party has big aims . en.
  4. News: New Sabah opposition grouping is formed . Daily Express. Hayati Dzulkifli and Sherell Ann Jeffrey . March 8, 2020. March 8, 2020.
  5. News: Anifah's planned Sabah opposition front fizzles out . . Muguntan Vanar . 28 July 2020 . 28 July 2020.
  6. News: Gagasan led by Anifah Aman not likely to make a big impact. New Straits Times. Avila Geraldine . March 9, 2020 . March 9, 2020.
  7. Web site: https://www.astroawani.com/berita-politik/hajiji-bakal-ketuai-parti-gagasan-rakyat-sabah-404103 . 2024-07-17 . www.astroawani.com.
  8. Web site: Bekas Ahli Parlimen Bersatu tidak akan sertai GRS . 29 January 2023 .
  9. News: 13 buah parti baru di Sabah diluluskan. staff. FMT. 25 March 2014. Free Malaysia Today. 7 May 2015. Malaysia. 2017-12-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20171206011903/http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2014/03/25/13-buah-parti-baru-di-sabah-diluluskan/. dead.
  10. Web site: Keputusan | Pilihan Raya Umum Malaysia Ke-15 .
  11. Web site: Hajiji is Gagasan Rakyat president The Malaysian Insight . 2023-02-06 . www.themalaysianinsight.com . en.
  12. Web site: Parti Bersatu Sabah | Ketua Bahagian PBS. Parti Bersatu Sabah.