Parti Bangsa Malaysia

Parti Bangsa Malaysia (English: Malaysian Nation Party, abbreviated PBM), is a registered centre-right political party in Malaysia. The party was founded as the Sarawak Workers Party before being handed over in November 2021.[2] The party is currently represented by one Member of Parliament (MP) after the 15th general election (GE15).

Malaysian Nation Party
Malay nameParti Bangsa Malaysia
ڤرتي بڠسا مليسيا
Chinese name全民党
Tamil nameமலேசிய சமூக கட்சி
AbbreviationPBM
PresidentLarry Sng Wei Shien
Secretary-GeneralMasir Kujat
Deputy President
Senior Vice PresidentPaul Yong Choo Kiong
Vice PresidentHj. Rosdin Mohd Yusop
FounderSng Chee Hua
Founded2012
(as Sarawak Workers Party - SWP)
Registered27 October 2021
(rebranding as PBM)
Legalised21 December 2021[1]
(as Parti Bangsa Malaysia - PBM)
Split from
Preceded by
HeadquartersLot 9373, Section 64, KTLD 121-A, Jalan Kenny Hill, 93350 Kuching, Sarawak
Youth wingYouth's Section
IdeologyMultiracialism
Civic nationalism
Political positionCentre-right
National affiliationAllied coalition
Perikatan Nasional (2021–2022)
Barisan Nasional (since 2022)
PH-BN-GPS-GRS Unity Government (since November 2022)
Colours  Purple
  White
AnthemMajulah Bangsa Malaysia
Dewan Negara
0 / 70
Dewan Rakyat
1 / 222
Dewan Undangan Negeri
0 / 606
Chief ministers in Malaysia
(Menteri Besar & Chief Minister)
0 / 13
Website
www.partibangsamalaysia.my
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History

At the beginning, Sarawak Workers Party (Malay: Parti Pekerja Sarawak, abbreviated SWP) was a political party based in Sarawak, Malaysia formed in 2012 as a splinter party of Sarawak Peoples' Party (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 Barisan Nasional (BN)-friendly.[3][4] The senior Sng retired and handed-over the SWP president position to his son, Larry Sng Wei Shien in 2013.[5]

Larry Sng later resigned from SWP in April 2016 after failure to be accepted into state BN coalition.[6] 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).[7]

Larry Sng, after five-years active around as an Independent 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.[8][9] Mohd. Sukri Yusri meanwhile will be temporary president of the new party.[10] All members of previous SWP central leadership resigned and the party is to release its leadership lineup in the process due.[11]

On 8 January 2022, Larry Sng, as the newly appointed president of PBM,[12] did not deny the possibility of joining the BN coalition in anticipation for the 15th general election.[13] PBM had declared its support for Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) during the 2021 Sarawak state election.[14] 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.[15] Meanwhile Nor Hizwan Ahmad, the Penggerak Komuniti Negara NGO president and also among the PKR members who turned to Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) in the 2020 Sheraton Move, had claimed that its 53,109 NGO members would join the new party.[16]

SWP logo (2012-2021)
Interim Logo (2021)

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

On 26 May 2022, Zuraida Kamaruddin 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.[17][18] 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).[19]

On 8 October, PBM announced the appointment of Zuraida as the new party president after a supreme council meeting held on 7 October.[20] Sng was quoted as saying he accepts the supreme council's decision and will not challenge the matter.[21] 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.[22][23][24][25] Nor Hizwan dismissed the suspension, claiming that only Zuraida, as the current party president, can suspend him and Zakaria from the party.[26] On 29 October, Sng announced the suspension of Zuraida and 12 supreme council members,[lower-alpha 1][27] which was also dismissed by deputy president and supreme council member Haniza Talha.[28] 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.[29][30]

PBM contested for five parliamentary seats (Hulu Selangor, Kapar, Labuan, Ampang and Julau) and two state assembly seats (Tronoh 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.[31][32] PBM joined the coalition government under the leadership of Anwar Ibrahim but was not given a cabinet position.[33]

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.[34] After failing to respond to the 26 December deadline,[35] the party's disciplinary committee sacked Zuraida and 10 of the 13 suspended members from the party.[36] 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.[37][38] On 6 June, the High Court rejected Zuraida's leave with Justice Amarjeet saying that Section 18C of the Societies Act 1966 prevents the court to intervene, or hear any issues or disputes on internal party matters.[39][40]

Post GE15 (2023–)

On 14 February 2023, Sng announced a new supreme council line-up for the party, including former Sri Aman MP Masir Kujat as the new party secretary general.[41][42]

Sng was appointed as the chairman of the Malaysian Timber Industry Board on 5 May.[43]

On 14 June 2023, Sng announced that PBM will not contest in any of the 6 states involved in 2023 Malaysian state elections, and supporting candidates of the PH-BN led 'Unity Government'.[44] 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.

List of PBM presidents
No. Name Term of office Time in office
1 Larry Sng Wei Shien 8 January 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 292 days

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
  • President:
  • Deputy President:
    • Wong Judat
    • Steven Choong Shiau Yoon
  • Senior Vice President:
  • Vice President:
    • Chua Lian Chye
  • Secretary General:
  • Deputy Secretary General:
    • Jenny Chiew
  • Organisational Secretary:
  • Elections Director:
  • Information Chief:
    • Che Hisham Sharudin Che Hamat Nordin
  • Deputy Information Chief:
  • Treasurer Chief:
    • Engga Unchat
  • Deputy Treasurer Chief:
  • Youth Chief:
    • Che Hisham Sharudin Che Hamat Nordin
  • Deputy Youth Chief:
    • Vice Youth Chief:
    • Women Chief:
      • Agnes Padan
    • Deputy Women Chief:
      • Saarah Hj. Ali Bashah
    • Women Youth Chief:
    • Central Committee Members:
      • Lavenia Mawas Munan
      • Muniraa Abu Bakar
      • Pagrios Petrus
      • Johan Sawajaan
      • David Munan
      • Jamila Bibi Abdul Basah

    Elected representatives

    Senators
    Main article: Members of the Dewan Negara, 14th Malaysian Parliament
    • His Majesty's appointee:

    Members of Parliament of the 15th Malaysian Parliament
    Main article: Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 15th Malaysian Parliament

    PBM has 1 member in the House of Representatives:

    State No. Parliament Constituency Member Party
     SarawakP209JulauLarry SngPBM
    TotalSarawak (1)

    Malaysian State Assembly Representatives

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

    Previous Members of State Legislative Assembly

    14th Perak State Legislative Assembly

    14th Selangor State Legislative Assembly

    General election results
    Election Total seats won Seats contested Total votes Voting Percentage Outcome of election Election leader
    2013
    (as SWP)
    0 / 222
    		 6 15,630 0.14% Steady; No representation in Parliament Larry Sng
    2022
    1 / 222
    		 5 16,437 0.11% Increase 1 seat; Governing coalition
    (allied with Pakatan Harapan, Barisan Nasional, Gabungan Parti Sarawak and Gabungan Rakyat Sabah)    		 Larry Sng

    State election results
    State election State Legislative Assembly
    Perlis Kedah Kelantan Terengganu Penang Perak Pahang Selangor Negeri Sembilan Malacca Johor Sabah Sarawak Total won / Total contested
    2/3 majority
    2 / 3
    2 / 3
    2 / 3
    2 / 3
    2 / 3
    2 / 3
    2 / 3
    2 / 3
    2 / 3
    2 / 3
    2 / 3
    2 / 3
    2 / 3
    2022
    0 / 56
    0 / 4
    2022
    0 / 15
    0 / 59
    0 / 42
    0 / 1

    See also

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    Notes
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