Sarawak Peoples' Party
Malay nameParti Rakyat Sarawak
ڤرتي رعيت سراوق
Chinese name砂拉越人民黨
砂拉越人民党
Shālāyuè rénmín dǎng
PresidentDatuk Joseph Salang Gandum
Secretary-GeneralDatuk Malcolm Mussen Lamoh[1]
Deputy PresidentDato Majang Renggi
Vice PresidentsDatuk John Sikie Tayai
Dato Sri Aaron Ago Dagang
Datuk Liwan Lagang
Datuk Wilson Ugak
Datuk Mong Dagang
Youth LeaderDatuk Snowdan Lawan
Women LeaderDato’ Sri Doris Sophia Brodi
FounderJames Jemut Masing
Sng Chee Hua
Founded2004
Split fromParti Bansa Dayak Sarawak
Headquarters• Lot 9029, Tingkat 1, Blok 11, Muara Tebas Land District, Jalan Wan Alwi, Tabuan Jaya, 93350 Kuching, Sarawak (current headquarters)
• Pines Square, Batu Kawah, 93250 Kuching, Sarawak (new headquarters)
Student wingGerakan Siswa Sarawak
Youth wingPergerakan Pemuda PRS
Women's wingPergerakan Wanita PRS
Membership348,700 (August 2023)
Ideology• Nationalism
• Multiracialism
• Self determination
• National reformism
National affiliation• Barisan Nasional (2004–2018)
• Gabungan Parti Sarawak (2018–now)
• PH–BN unity alliance (2022–now) (as alliance partner)
Colours  Green, yellow, red
Slogan• Berjuang Untuk Sarawak
• Bersatu Menuju Sarawak Baharu
Dewan Negara:
1 / 70
Dewan Rakyat:
5 / 31
(Sarawak seats)
Sarawak State Legislative Assembly:
11 / 82
Premier of Sarawak:
0 / 1
(Sarawak only)
Website
www.prsinfo.my

The Parti Rakyat Sarawak or PRS (English: Sarawak Peoples' Party) is a multiracialist & nationalist political party in Sarawak and Malaysia overall. The party was founded in the wake of the de-registration of the Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak and later Sarawak National Party in December 2003 by a breakaway faction led by the late Tan Sri Dr. James Jemut Masing and Dato' Sng Chee Hua. It is one of the former constituent members of the Barisan Nasional. PRS is currently the second largest local political party in Sarawak, after PBB. Following the fall of BN in the 2018 general election and in the aftermath of meeting between all Sarawak-based BN coalition parties on 12 June 2018, PRS left the coalition to form a new Sarawak-based coalition of Sarawak Parties Alliance.[2] As of August 2023, the party's membership population is only 348,700 members. Currently, there are 135 Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) branches which are actively found throughout Sarawak.

Party's objectives

  • To focus on maintaining and strengthen the Sarawak multiracial unity spirit and also for all people's religions, no matter where they came for.
  • To keep strengthen among the Iban, Chinese, Bidayuh, and Sarawak Malay communities, including their community from all rural areas, cities, and suburban areas.
  • To seriously fight against corruption, political power abuse, money laundering, illegal cryptocurrency economic, and all political crisis.
  • To keep focusing on all Sarawak developments, including both ongoing and upcoming development projects in Sarawak and also to fight against the sick and abandoned development projects.

Leadership structure

Elected representatives

Dewan Negara (Senate)

Senators

Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives)

Members of Parliament of the 15th Malaysian Parliament

PRS has 5 MPs in the House of Representatives.

State No. Parliament Constituency Member Party
 Sarawak P202Sri AmanDoris Sophia BrodiPRS
P203Lubok AntuRoy Angau GingkoiPRS
P210KanowitAaron Ago DagangPRS
P214SelangauEdwin BantaPRS
P216Hulu RajangWilson Ugak KumbongPRS
TotalSarawak (5)

Dewan Undangan Negeri (State Legislative Assembly)

Malaysian State Assembly Representatives

Sarawak State Legislative Assembly

11 / 82
State No. Parliamentary Constituency No. State Constituency Member Party
 Sarawak P202 Sri Aman N30 Balai Ringin Snowdan Lawan PRS
N31 Bukit Begunan Mong Dagang PRS
P203 Lubok Antu N34 Batang Ai Malcom Mussen Lamoh PRS
P210 Kanowit N49 Ngemah Anyi Jana PRS
P214 Selangau N59 Tamin Christopher Gira Sambang PRS
N60 Kakus John Sikie Tayai PRS
P215 Kapit N61 Pelagus Wilson Nyabong Ijang PRS
P216 Hulu Rajang N64 Baleh Nicholas Kudi Jantai Masing PRS
N65 Belaga Liwan Lagang PRS
N66 Murum Kennedy Chukpai Ugon PRS
P217 Bintulu N70 Samalaju Majang Renggi PRS
Total Sarawak (11)

General election results

Election Total seats won Seats contested Total votes Share of votes Outcome of election Election leader
2004
6 / 219
 6 33,410 0.42% Increase6 seats; Governing coalition
(Barisan Nasional)		 James Jemut Masing
2008
6 / 222
 6 33,410 0.42% Increase6 seats; Governing coalition
(Barisan Nasional)		 James Jemut Masing
2013
6 / 222
 6 59,540 0.54% Steady; Governing coalition
(Barisan Nasional)		 James Jemut Masing
2018
3 / 222
 6 59,218 0.49% Decrease3 seats; Opposition coalition
(Barisan Nasional),
later Governing coalition
(Gabungan Parti Sarawak)		 James Jemut Masing
2022
5 / 222
 6 67,539 0.44% Increase2 seats; Governing coalition
(Gabungan Parti Sarawak)		 Joseph Salang Gandum

State election results

State electionState Legislative Assembly
Sarawak State Legislative AssemblyTotal won / Total contested
2/3 majority
2 / 3
2 / 3
2006
8 / 71
8 / 9
2011
8 / 71
8 / 9
2016
11 / 82
11 / 11
2021
11 / 82
11 / 11

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Malcolm is PRS' new sec-gen with Edwin Banta as treasurer general, Roy Gingkoi as deputy treasurer". 4 February 2023.
  2. ↑ Sharon Ling; Geryl Ogilvy (12 June 2018). "Sarawak BN parties pull out of coalition to form independent state-based pact". The Star. Retrieved 12 June 2018.

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