''Parti Bangsa Malaysia'', ( Malay for Malaysian Nation Party abbrev: PBM, is a registered political party in Malaysia. The party was founded as the Sarawak Workers Party before being handed over in November 2021. The party is currently represented by one Member of Parliament (MP) after the 15th general election (GE15).

History

Background and formation

At the beginning, Sarawak Workers Party (, abbreviated SWP) was a political party based in

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formed in 2012 as a splinter party of

Sarawak Peoples' Party Sarawak Peoples' Party ( Malay: ''Parti Rakyat Sarawak''; abbrev: PRS) is a multiracialist & nationalist political party in Sarawak. The party was founded in the wake of the de-registration of the Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak and later Sarawak ...

(PRS) by some former PRS members headed by dissident leader Sng Chee Hua, who took over the Sabah People's Front (SPF) and rebranded into the new SWP which was

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(BN)-friendly. The senior Sng retired and handed-over the SWP president position to his son,

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in 2013. Larry Sng later resigned from SWP in April 2016 after failure to be accepted into state BN coalition. During his absence, the party under Engga Unchat's leadership formed Gabungan Anak Sarawak (GASAK) with Sarawak People's Aspiration Party (ASPIRASI) and New Sarawak Native People's Party (PBDSB). Larry Sng, after five-years active around as an

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and People's Justice Party (PKR), rejoined the SWP party in November 2021 as deputy president and revealed the change of the party name to Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) which Registrar of Societies has earlier approved on 14 October 2021. Mohd. Sukri Yusri meanwhile will be temporary president of the new party. All members of previous SWP central leadership resigned and the party is to release its leadership lineup in the process due. On 8 January 2022, Larry Sng, as the newly appointed president of PBM, did not deny the possibility of joining the BN coalition in anticipation for the 15th general election. PBM had declared its support for

Gabungan Parti Sarawak The Gabungan Parti Sarawak (abbreviation, abbrev: GPS; English: Sarawak Parties Alliance) is a Sarawak-based national political alliance in Malaysia. It was established in 2018 by four former Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties operating so ...

(GPS) during the

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. As the GASAK's policy not cooperating with Peninsular-based or Malaysia-wide parties, the Sarawak opposition coalition which initially consists of ASPIRASI, PBDSB and SWP is not expected to continue any alliance with the new PBM. Meanwhile Nor Hizwan Ahmad, the ''Penggerak Komuniti Negara'' NGO president and also among the PKR members who turned to

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(BERSATU) in the 2020 Sheraton Move, had claimed that its 53,109 NGO members would join the new party.

Leadership crisis and the 15th general election (2022–2023)

On 26 May 2022,

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resigned from BERSATU and applied to join PBM. Zuraida's membership was approved on 9 June and she was also appointed as the party's president-designate. The decision of the appointment was approved by the party's political bureau and the supreme council. Inaugural PBM president Larry Sng issued a statement on 2 October that he is still the party president and he has not resigned from the position due to the upcoming 15th general election (GE15). On 8 October, PBM announced the appointment of Zuraida as the new party president after a supreme council meeting held on 7 October. Sng was quoted as saying he accepts the supreme council's decision and will not challenge the matter. However, on 26 October, Sng released a statement saying he is still the legitimate party president according to the Registrar of Societies (RoS) records (later confirmed by the RoS director-general on 30 October) and suspended secretary-general Nor Hizwan Ahmad and information chief Zakaria Abdul Hamid (who are reportedly Zuraida's allies) for holding the supreme council meeting to appoint Zuraida as party president without his knowledge and consent. Nor Hizwan dismissed the suspension, claiming that only Zuraida, as the current party president, can suspend him and Zakaria from the party. On 29 October, Sng announced the suspension of Zuraida and 12 supreme council members, which was also dismissed by deputy president and supreme council member Haniza Talha. On 2 November, PBM released a statement that Sng is recognised as the rightful party president and will sign the party's candidate appointment letters to contest in GE15 with Zuraida reverting to her previous position of president-designate. Prior the GE15, the party announced it will merge with Parti Kuasa Rakyat and renamed itself as Parti Kuasa Rakyat Bangsa Malaysia. This partnership were called off months later. PBM contested for five parliamentary seats (

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, Ampang and

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) and two state assembly seats (

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and Bugaya) in GE15. PBM lost all but one seats contested, with Sng retaining the Julau parliamentary seat. Most notably, Zuraida lost the Ampang parliamentary seat to PKR's Rodziah Ismail and managed to garner only 4,589 votes. Zuraida had previously won the Ampang parliamentary seat in the last three general elections under PKR. PBM joined the

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under the leadership of

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but was not given a

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position. On 24 December, Sng was reported to have sent show-cause letters to the 13 suspended party members after they have failed to attend a supreme council meeting. After failing to respond to the 26 December deadline, the party's disciplinary committee sacked Zuraida and 10 of the 13 suspended members from the party. On 11 April 2023, Zuraida was reported to have filed a judicial review leave application at the Kuala Lumpur High Court in a bid to be officially recognised as party president. On 6 June, the High Court rejected Zuraida's leave with Justice Amarjeet saying that Section 18C of the

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prevents the court to intervene, or hear any issues or disputes on internal party matters.

Post GE15 (2023–)

On 14 February 2023, Sng announced a new supreme council line-up for the party, including former Sri Aman MP

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as the new party secretary general. On 14 June, Sng announced that PBM will not contest in any of the 6 states involved in

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, and supporting candidates of the PH-BN led 'Unity Government'. The decision means that its 2 remaining MLA in Selangor will not defend their seats and left PBM with no representation in any of the state assemblies. On 14 December, Sng announced that PBM will contest in the upcoming

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List of PBM presidents

PBM state chairman

* PBM Perlis: Vacant * PBM Kedah: Vacant * PBM Kelantan: Nik Azwan Mustapha * PBM Terengganu: Mohamiza Mohamad Sarap * PBM Penang: Enson Neoh Gim Khoon * PBM Perak: Azhari Hamid * PBM Pahang: Rax Chay Tong Seng * PBM Selangor: Larry Sng Wei Shien * PBM Federal Territory: Abdul Rahman Hashim * PBM Negeri Sembilan: Ruzsyahirman Jemal * PBM Malacca: Chua Lian Chye * PBM Johor: Steven Choong Shiau Yoon * PBM Sabah: Jupperi Lenson * PBM Sarawak: Larry Sng Wei Shien

PBM leadership structure (2024-2027)

Source: * President: ** Larry Sng * Deputy President: ** Choong Shiau Yoon ** Wong Judat * Senior Vice President: ** Jupperi Lenson * Vice President: ** Mohd Hedrhin Ramli ** Azhari Hamid ** Joseph Peter Tinggi * Secretary General: ** Munan Laja * Deputy Secretary General: ** Jenny Chiew * Information Chief: ** Saarah Ali Bashah * Deputy Information Chief: ** Krishna Govinth * Treasurer Chief: ** Engga Unchat * Women Chief: ** Agnes Padan * Youth Chief: ** Muhamad Hanis Asmui Md Salleh * Supreme Council Members: ** Jamila Bibi Basah ** David Munan ** Jubin Hilton Muda ** Lavenia Mawas Munan ** Mohd Yusof Abdullah ** Engdawie Entingi ** Johen @ Joehan Gipin ** Sabahedin Sambikin ** Darinsing Gohan ** Aduros Gampangang ** Judin Tingih ** Loning Tokuyuk @ Fredoline ** Dato' Haji Baharudin Abdullah ** Khairul Azhar Yacob ** Gurmit Singh A/l Ranjit Singh ** Richard Dompok ** Jayvin Pandher

Elected representatives

Dewan Negara (Senate)

Senators

* His Majesty's appointee:

Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives)

Members of Parliament of the 15th Malaysian Parliament

PBM has 1 member in the

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Dewan Undangan Negeri (State Legislative Assembly)

Malaysian State Assembly Representatives

Selangor State Legislative Assembly The Selangor State Legislative Assembly () is the unicameral Dewan Undangan Negeri, state legislature of the Malaysian Malay states, state of Selangor. The State Assembly is composed of 56 members representing single-member constituencies througho ...

Penang State Legislative Assembly The Penang State Legislative Assembly is the legislature of the Malaysian state of Penang. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 40 elected lawmakers representing single-member constituencies throughout Penang. The state legis ...

Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly The Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly () is the state legislature of the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan. It consists of 36 members who represent single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than five ...

Kedah State Legislative Assembly The Kedah State Legislative Assembly () is the state legislature of the Malaysian state of Kedah. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 36 lawmakers representing single-member constituencies throughout the state. Members of t ...

Johor State Legislative Assembly The Johor State Legislative Assembly () is the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Johor. It is composed of 56 members who are elected from single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than five yea ...

Perak State Legislative Assembly The Perak State Legislative Assembly () is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Perak. It is composed of 59 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than five years a ...

Perlis State Legislative Assembly The Perlis State Legislative Assembly () is the Dewan Undangan Negeri, state legislature of the States and federal territories of Malaysia, Malaysian state of Perlis. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 15 lawmakers repre ...

Pahang State Legislative Assembly The Pahang State Legislative Assembly () is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Pahang. It is composed of 42 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state. The Assembly convenes at the Wisma Seri P ...

Sabah State Legislative Assembly The Sabah State Legislative Assembly ( Kadazandusun: ''Langga' Tinukuan Pogun Sabah'', ) is a part of the legislature of Sabah, Malaysia, the other being the governor of Sabah. The assembly meets at the Sabah State Legislative Assembly Buildin ...

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 the ...

Malacca State Legislative Assembly The Malacca State Legislative Assembly () is the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Malacca. It is composed of 28 members who are elected from single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than ...

Kelantan State Legislative Assembly The Kelantan State Legislative Assembly () is the unicameral State legislative assemblies of Malaysia, state legislature of the States and federal territories of Malaysia, Malaysian state of Kelantan. It consists of 45 members representing single ...

Terengganu State Legislative Assembly The Terengganu State Legislative Assembly () is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Terengganu. It consists of 32 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than five ...

The party currently has no representative in any Malaysia State Assembly.

Parliamentary general election results

State legislative assembly general election results

References

Notes

External links

Official website of SWP

Official Facebook page
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