The 18th Sarawak State Legislative Assembly was a term of the
Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
The Sarawak State Legislative Assembly is the legislative chamber of the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Sarawak; the Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak forms the other part of the legislature. The Assembly is modelled after th ...
, the legislative branch of the
Government of Sarawak
The Sarawak Government is an authority governing Sarawak, one of the States and federal territories of Malaysia, Borneo states of Malaysia, and is based in Kuching, the state capital. The state government adheres to and is created by both the C ...
in
Sarawak
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,
Malaysia
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. The 18th Assembly consisted of 82 members that were elected in the
2016 state election and served from 7 June 2016 until 3 November 2021.
The legislature would, in normal circumstances, have dissolved automatically at the expiration of the five-year term on 6 June 2021 per the Sarawak constitution, but it was overridden by an ongoing emergency declaration at the federal level arising from the
2020–21 Malaysian political crisis and the
COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia. The
subsequent state election has also been delayed. The emergency declaration was however ended several months earlier than scheduled and the legislature was dissolved on the same day.
Background
Following the state election that was held on 7 May 2016, Barisan Nasional was able to form the next state government with a majority of 72 seats out of 82. There were several candidates from breakaway parties such as TERAS and UPP that had their members contest seats under the Barisan banner as direct election candidates under a deal by Adenan Satem after their parties were prevented from joining Barisan after opposition from parties such as PDP and SUPP. On 12 June 2018, all Sarawak-based BN parties including Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS), Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) and Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) officially left Barisan Nasional forming a new coalition
Sarawak Parties Alliance due to Barisan Nasional's defeat in
general elections on 9 May 2018.
Officeholders
Speakership
* Speaker: Mohamad Asfia Awang Nasar (non-MLA)
* Deputy Speaker: Gerawat Jala (
GPS-
PBB)
Other parliamentary officers
* Secretary:
** Semawi bin Mohamad ( – 2 September 2019)
** Pele Peter Tinggom (3 September 2019 – )
* Deputy Secretary: Sharifah Shazzea binti Wan Akil
* Serjeants-at-Arms:
** Johari bin Mudin
** Ismail bin Ali
** Abang Nasiruddin bin Abang Mohamad Khalid
** Hadyan bin Abdul Rahman
** Lydwilkyn Andar Anak Umbar
** Hanimasra Bin Hamden
Party leaders
*
Chief Minister
A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union ter ...
:
Abang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg (
Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu)
* Deputy Chief Ministers:
**
Douglas Uggah Embas (Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu)
**
Awang Tengah Ali Hasan (Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu)
* Leader of the Opposition:
Wong Soon Koh (
United Sarawak Party)
* Leader of the
Democratic Action Party
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:
Chong Chieng Jen
* Leader of the
Malaysian United Indigenous Party
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:
Ali Biju
Floor leaders
* Leader of the House:
* Shadow Leader of the House:
Whips
* Government Whip:
* Opposition Whip:
Committees
The fifth session of the 18th Assembly consists of 6
select committees:
Members
Party representation
File:July 2020 Sarawak State Legislative Assembly composition.svg, At dissolution (3 November 2021)
File:May 2020 Sarawak State Legislative Assembly composition.svg, 30 May 2020
File:April 2020 Sarawak State Legislative Assembly composition.svg, 14 April 2020
File:February 2020 Sarawak State Legislative Assembly composition.svg, 28 February 2020
File:Sarawak State Legislative Assembly composition at the 2016 election.svg, At the 2016 election (7 May 2016)
Membership changes
List
Seating plan
Notes
References
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