Gasak is an alliance of state-based political groups such as Aspirasi and Sarawak Workers’ Party (SWP), leaders from deregistered PBDSB and leaders of Sarawak for Sarawakians (S4S), as well as Sarawak Independence Alliance (SIA).
Soo said that the party will work with Parti Bangsa Dayak Sarawak Baru (PBDSB) in the Gabungan Anak Sarawak (Gasak) coalition to contest in all 82 seats and will name the latter party’s president, Bobby William, for the chief ministerial candidate. Previously known as State Reform Party (STAR) before evolving into Sarawak People’s Aspiration Party (Aspirasi) in January 24 last year, the party led by Lina Soo is expected to contest at least 20 seats including in Sibu, Miri and Bintulu, as well as four in Kuching. Meanwhile, PKR that won three seats in 2016 lost all three to defections.Īmanah had contested in the previous state election but failed to win anything. In 2016, PH parties won 10 of the 82 seats but this number had been halved before the assembly was dissolved.ĭAP lost two seats after Padungan assemblyman Wong King Wei resigned from the party, while the party’s Pujut assemblyman, Dr Ting Tiong Choon, was disqualified for his dual citizenship status. The coalition is led by DAP state chairman Chong Chieng Jen, who insisted that the coalition will follow a previously agreed seat allocation despite recent disagreements between his party and its ally, PKR. PH has said it will field candidates in all 82 seats of the state assembly with PKR contesting 47, DAP (26) and Amanah (nine). It then declared itself to be independent after Wong resigned as the finance minister of Sarawak, before eventually deciding to sit in the Opposition and align itself with Pakatan Harapan (PH). It has six seats in the state assembly.Ī splinter party of the SUPP, it was previously called the United People’s Party (UPP) and started out as a pro-BN party but was rejected by the coalition. On the other side of the aisle, leading the pack is Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) whose president Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh is a former state finance minister. PAS deputy president Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said his party could participate to “test the waters” ahead of the 15th general election. Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia, the anchor party of the PN coalition allied to GPS federally, has said it will sit out the election and purely assist its Sarawak partner. The party currently has three seats: Tasik Biru, Meluan and Marudi. SUPP won seven seats out of 13 seats contested during the 2016 state election and said it intended to defend these seats by fielding the incumbents, according to the party’s secretary-general Datuk Sebastian Ting.Īlso in the GPS is the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) led by Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing, who is currently Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s special envoy to China and MP of Bintulu. Salang also said that there is no seat reserved for him unless GPS has something else plannedĪnother component party in the Sarawak government is the Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) led by Sim Hui Kian, the state’s minister of local government and housing.
PRS Youth chief Datuk Snowdan Lawan also confirmed that no fresh faces will be fielded after all the incumbents, including Masing, were included in the list of candidates proposed to the GPS chairman.
The party’s other state seats currently include Balai Ringin, Bukit Begunan, Batang Ai, Ngemah, Pelagus, Belaga, Murum, Tamin, Samalaju and Kakus. The late Masing had led the party for eight terms and held his seat in Baleh since 1983. The party and others in GPS had been part of the Barisan Nasional coalition but were left to form their own local coalition after the 2018 general election.Īnother component in GPS is Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) led by deputy president Datuk Joseph Salang Gandum, who took control after Tan Sri Dr James Jemut Masing died of heart complications. It has been reported that the coalition is keen on contesting in all 82 seats of the state assembly, dismissing its ally in the federal administration, Perikatan Nasional’s (PN) intention to take part in the state polls.Ībang Johari is also the president of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), the single party with the most seats in the Sarawak state assembly, 47, mostly in rural parts of the state.
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