Sabah People's Coalition
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah
Malay nameGabungan Rakyat Sabah
ݢابوڠن رعيت سابه
Chinese name沙巴人民聯盟
沙巴人民联盟
Sa-pa Jîn-bîn Liân-bêng
Saa1 Baa1 Jan4 Man4 Lyun4 Mang4
Shābā rénmín liánméng
AbbreviationGRS
PresidentGRS Presidential Council (MPGRS)[1]
ChairmanHajiji Noor
Secretary-GeneralMasidi Manjun
Deputy ChairmanMaximus Ongkili
Jeffrey Kitingan
Yong Teck Lee
Pandikar Amin Mulia
FounderHajiji Noor[2]
Founded12 September 2020 (2020-09-12)[3]
Legalised11 March 2022[2][4]
Split fromPerikatan Nasional (PN)
Barisan Nasional (BN)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU)
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Heritage Party (WARISAN)
Preceded byGabungan Bersatu Sabah[5]
HeadquartersLot 57 G7
Plaza Permai 2 Alamesra
88400 Kota Kinabalu
Sabah
NewspaperMedia Rakyat Kiulu[6]
USNO Online[7]
Sabahitz on9 TV[8]
The Borneo Post
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing
National affiliationBN Sabah (1973–2018, half-member allied since 2020)[nb 1]
Perikatan Nasional (2020–2022)
UBA - NGO (allied since 2020)[nb 2]
Pakatan Harapan (since 2022)
Gabungan Parti Sarawak (since 2022)
Colours  Steel Blue[9]
Slogan"Sayangi Sabah"
(Love Sabah)
"Sabah Maju Jaya"
(Let Sabah Prosper)
"Sabah First, Sabah Forward, Sabah Prosper, Sabah Unity"
(Sabah Diutamakan, Sabah Ke Hadapan, Sabah Sejahtera, Sabah Bersatu)[10]
Dewan Negara
0 / 70
Dewan Rakyat
(Sabah and Labuan seats)
6 / 26
Sabah State Legislative Assembly
42 / 79
Chief Minister of Sabah
1 / 1
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
GRS Official Facebook group

Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (abbrev: GRS; English: Sabah People's Alliance), officially Gabungan Rakyat Sabah Party[11][12] is Malaysian coalition of Sabah-based parties.[13][4]

History

Foundation

On 12 September 2020, Hajiji Noor established an informal alliance named Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) to compete against Shafie Apdal's ruling Warisan Plus coalition consisting of Parti Warisan Sabah, the Democratic Action Party, Parti Keadilan Rakyat, and the United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation during the 2020 Sabah state election. The GRS alliance consisted of Muhyiddin's Perikatan Nasional coalition, the Barisan Nasional coalition, and Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS).[2][4]

During the Sabah state election held on 26 September, the alliance won a simple majority in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly, a total of 38 seats: 17 for Perikatan Nasional, 14 for Barisan Nasional, and seven for PBS.[14] Sabah Perikatan Nasional chairman Hajiji Noor became the new Chief Minister of Sabah on 29 September.[15]

Under the new GRS administration, projects that had been stopped by the previous Sabah government were restarted, including the Sabah Pan-Borneo Highway.

On 9 January 2021, the various leaders of Gabungan Rakyat Sabah signed a memorandum of understanding affirming each party's commitment to the alliance, with chief minister Hajiji Noor maintaining that the alliance would remain intact regardless of the political situation on the peninsula.[16][17]

Registration and expansion

On 24 November 2021, the alliance's backbenchers club chairperson Salleh Said Keruak floated the idea of registering Gabungan Rakyat Sabah as an official political coalition, arguing it was necessary as a means of strengthening the alliance.[18] The proposal received the support of various party leaders, including Jeffrey Kitingan (STAR), Masidi Manjun (BERSATU), Yong Teck Lee (SAPP), Bung Mokhtar Radin (UMNO).[19][20][21]

The alliance was officially registered and legalised by the Registrar of Societies on 11 March 2022,[2] with PPBM, PBS, STAR, and SAPP as its members.[22]

On 25 September 2022, GRS chairman Hajiji Noor announced that the coalition would support Barisan Nasional candidates in the upcoming 2022 Malaysian general election, contrary to Perikatan Nasional, of which both PPBM and STAR was a member, which had declared Barisan as its main enemy.[23]

On 9 May 2022, the United Sabah National Organisation (Baru) (USNO Baru) was admitted as a member of the coalition.[24]

Mass defections from Sabah BERSATU

Malaysian United Indigenous Party Sabah, the regional branch of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party, otherwise known as BERSATU and PPBM, effectively collapsed when all eleven state legislative assemblymen including the party's state chairman Hajiji Noor, and four members of parliament left the party on 10 December 2022.[25] Rumours surfaced that the former members of Sabah BERSATU would take over Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (PGRS),[26][27] which came to pass as Hajiji Noor took over the party on 29 January 2023, with the party itself having been admitted into the coalition earlier on 9 December.[28][29]

Political analysts regarded Hajiji Noor's decision to leave Sabah BERSATU as a shrewd,[4] with Romzi Ationg commenting that the transformation of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah coalition into a purely Sabah-based entity had been long awaited by the local population.[30]

However, as a result of the parliamentary anti-hopping law, the four former Sabah BERSATU members of parliament could not join Parti Gagasan Rkyat Sabah. They instead became direct members of the coalition,[31] allowed by the coalition.

Member parties

Parliament seats (Sabah)

Logo Name Ideology Sabah leader(s) Seats
contested		 2022 result
Votes (%) Seats
Member parties
GRS Sabah People's Coalition (Direct members)
Keahlian terus Gabungan Rakyat Sabah[32]		 Sabah regionalism Armizan Mohd. Ali 6 0.61%
4 / 222
GAGASAN Sabah People's Ideas Party
Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah[33]		 Hajiji Noor 0 0.00%
0 / 222
PBS United Sabah Party
Parti Bersatu Sabah[34]		 Maximus Johnity Ongkili 4 0.42%
1 / 222
SAPP Sabah Progressive Party
Parti Maju Sabah[35]		 Yong Teck Lee 1 0.03%
0 / 222
STAR Homeland Solidarity Party
Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku[36]		 Jeffrey Kitingan 2 0.19%
1 / 222
USNO United Sabah National Organisation (New)
Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Sabah Bersatu (Baru)[37]		 Pandikar Amin Mulia 0 0%
0 / 222
PHRS Sabah People's Hope Party
Parti Harapan Rakyat Sabah[38]		 Liew Yun Fah 0 0%
0 / 222
LDP Liberal Democratic Party
Parti Liberal Demokratik[39][40]		 Chin Su Phin 0 0%
0 / 222

State seats (Sabah)

Logo Name Ideology Sabah leader(s) Seats
contested		 2020 result Current seats
Votes (%) Seats
Member parties
GRS Sabah People's Coalition (Direct members)
Keahlian terus Gabungan Rakyat Sabah[32]		 Sabah regionalism Hajiji Noor 21
(under PN)		 11.81%
14 / 73
1 / 79
GAGASAN Sabah People's Ideas Party
Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah[41]		 Hajiji Noor 28 0.51%
0 / 73
26 / 79
PBS United Sabah Party
Parti Bersatu Sabah[34]		 Maximus Johnity Ongkili 22 6.83%
7 / 73
7 / 79
SAPP Sabah Progressive Party
Parti Maju Sabah[35]		 Yong Teck Lee 2
(under PN)		 0.43%
0 / 73
1 / 79
STAR Homeland Solidarity Party
Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku[36]		 Jeffrey Kitingan 6
(under PN)		 4.87%
6 / 73
6 / 79
USNO United Sabah National Organisation (New)
Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Sabah Bersatu (Baru)[37]		 Pandikar Amin Mulia 47 1.21%
0 / 73
0 / 79
PHRS Sabah People's Hope Party
Parti Harapan Rakyat Sabah[42]		 Liew Yun Fah 5 0.60%
0 / 73
1 / 79
LDP Liberal Democratic Party
Parti Liberal Demokratik[42][43]		 Chin Su Phin 46 1.70%
0 / 73
0 / 79

Former member parties

List of leaders

Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) was founded by Hajiji Noor (pictured) in 2020, and subsequently became the main registration sponsor of GRS in 2022.[45]
Founder Year
Hajiji Noor 2022
(as registered political coalition)
Leader Took office Left office
1 Hajiji Noor
(inaugural chairman holder)		 2020–2021 (Unofficial)
11 March 2022 (Official)		 11 December 2022
2 Hajiji Noor[46] 12 December 2022 29 January 2023
3 Hajiji Noor[29] 29 January 2023 Incumbent

Leadership structure

GRS Leadership official structure

  • Chairman:
  • Deputy Chairman:
  • Secretary-General:
    • Masidi Manjun (GAGASAN)
  • Deputy Secretary-General:
  • Assistant Secretary-General:
    • Ardino Diris (STAR)
  • Information Chief:
  • Executive Secretary:
    • Abdul Kassim Jali @ Razali (GAGASAN)
  • Youth Chief:
    • Jonnybone Kurum (PBS)
  • Committee Members:
    • Masidi Manjun (GAGASAN)
    • Mohd. Arifin Mohd. Arif (GAGASAN)
    • Ruddy Awah (GAGASAN)
    • Radin Malleh (PBS)
    • Jahid Jahim (PBS)
    • Ellron Alfred Angin (STAR)
    • Edward Dagul (SAPP)
    • Juil Nuatim (Direct Member of GRS)[47]

Elected representatives

Dewan Negara (Senate)

Senators

Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives)

Members of Parliament of the 15th Malaysian Parliament

Gabungan Rakyat Sabah Party has 6 MPs in the House of Representatives.

State No. Parliament Constituency Member Party
 SabahP175PaparArmizan Mohd AliGRS
P178SipitangMatbali MusahGRS
P179RanauJonathan YasinGRS
P180KeningauJeffrey KitinganSTAR
P185Batu SapiKhairul Firdaus Akbar KhanGRS
P190TawauLo Su FuiPBS
TotalSabah (6)

Dewan Undangan Negeri (State Legislative Assembly)

Malaysian State Assembly Representatives

Sabah State Legislative Assembly

42 / 79
State No. Parliamentary Constituency No. State Constituency Member Party
 Sabah P167 Kudat N01 Banggi Mohammad Mohamarin GAGASAN
N03PitasRuddy AwahGAGASAN
N04 Tanjong Kapor Ben Chong Chen Bin GAGASAN
P168 Kota Marudu N05MatunggongJulita MojungkiPBS
N07TandekHendrus AndingPBS
P169 Kota Belud N08PintasanFairuz RenddanGAGASAN
N09 Tempasuk Mohd Arshad Bistari GAGASAN
P170 Tuaran N12SulamanHajiji NoorGAGASAN
N13 Pantai Dalit Jasnih Daya GAGASAN
N14TamparuliJahid JahimPBS
N15KiuluJoniston BangkuaiPBS
P173 Putatan N23PetagasAwang Ahmad Sah Awang SahariGAGASAN
P175 Papar N27LimbahauJuil NuatimGRS
N28KawangGhulam Haidar Khan BahadarGAGASAN
P176 Kimanis N31MembakutMohd. Arifin Mohd. ArifGAGASAN
P177 Beaufort N32KliasIsnin AliasnihGAGASAN
N33Kuala PenyuLimus JuryGAGASAN
P178 Sipitang N34LumadanRuslan MuharamPBS
N35 Sindumin Yusof Yacob GAGASAN
P179 Ranau N36KundasangJoachim GunsalamPBS
N37KaranaanMasidi ManjunGAGASAN
N38PaginatanAbidin MadingkirSTAR
P180 Keningau N39TambunanJeffrey KitinganSTAR
N40BingkorRobert TawikSTAR
N41LiawanAnuar Ayub @ BanandSTAR
P181 Tenom N43KemabongRubin BalangGAGASAN
P182 Pensiangan N44TulidFlovia NgSTAR
N45SookEllron Alfred AnginSTAR
N46NabawanAbd. Ghani Mohd. YassinGAGASAN
P183 Beluran N47TelupidJonnybone J. KurumPBS
N48 Sugut James Ratib GAGASAN
N49LabukSamad JambriGAGASAN
P185 Batu Sapi N54KaramuntingHiew Vun ZinGAGASAN
P187 Kinabatangan N57KuamutMasiung BanahGAGASAN
P188 Lahad Datu N63 Kunak Norazlinah Arif GAGASAN
P190 Tawau N67 Balung Hamid Awang GAGASAN
N68ApasNizam Abu Bakar TitinganGAGASAN
P191 Kalabakan N71KukusanRina JainalPHRS
N73SebatikHassan A. Gani Pg. AmirGAGASAN
-Nominated MemberJaffari WalliamGAGASAN
Nominated MemberYong Teck LeeSAPP
Nominated MemberAmisah YassinGAGASAN
Total Sabah (42)

Ministerial posts

Portfolio Office Bearer Party Constituency
Minister of Domestic Trade and Costs of Living Datuk Armizan Mohd. Ali MP GRS Papar
Portfolio Office Bearer Party Constituency
Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan MP GRS Batu Sapi

General election results

Election Total seats won Seats contested Total votes Voting Percentage Outcome of election Election leader
2022
6 / 222
 13 194,324 1.25% Increase4 seats; Governing coalition
(Gabungan Rakyat Sabah)		 Hajiji Noor

State election results

Sabah state election Total seats won Seats contested Total votes Voting Percentage Outcome of election Election leader
2020
24 / 73
 51 175,056 23.94% Increase 1 seat; State governing coalition
(Gabungan Rakyat Sabah)		 Hajiji Noor

GRS Party state governments

State Leader type Member Party State Constituency
 SabahChief MinisterHajiji NoorGAGASANSulaman
State Leader type Member Party State Constituency
 SabahDeputy Chief Minister IJeffrey KitinganSTARTambunan
 SabahDeputy Chief Minister IIJoachim GunsalamPBSKundasang
State Leader type Member Party State Constituency
 SabahDeputy Speaker IIRichard Yong We KongSAPPNon-MLA

Notes

  1. ↑ From 1973 to 2018 as Parti BERJAYA, PBS, & PBRS of Barisan Nasional Sabah and allied in 2020 as Yakub Khan & Arthur Joseph Kurup-sect of Barisan Nasional Sabah Group
  2. ↑ since 2018 as Jeffrey Kitingan lead political NGO co-operative organizations and since 2020 as natives people of Borneo lead NGO political organizations

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