Parti Rakyat Bersatu

United People's Party
Parti Rakyat Bersatu
UPP
Abbreviation UPP
Founder Wong Soon Koh
Founded 2014
Split from Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP)
Headquarters Kuching, Sarawak[1]
Ideology Sarawak regionalism
Political position Centre
Colours Red, yellow, black, white
Dewan Negara:
0 / 70
Dewan Rakyat:
0 / 222
Sarawak State Legislative Assembly:
4 / 71
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The United People's Party (Malay: Parti Rakyat Bersatu, abbreviated UPP) is a multi-racial political party but majority of its members are Chinese. UPP was founded in 2014 at Sarawak with its headquarters base at Kuching.[1][2] Parti Rakyat Bersatu (UPP) as a new formed political party is pro-Barisan Nasional (BN) in Sarawak is a splinter party of Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) set-up by its disgruntled leaders.[2] However the hopes of UPP of joining BN has been rejected by the coalition.[3]

Arrangement is being made between UPP and SUPP of Barisan Nasional for the division of seats to be contested in the Sarawak state election, 2016.[4] UPP for the time being has 4 members of the 17th Sarawak State Legislative Assembly namely:-

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References

  1. 1 2 "Parti Rakyat Bersatu lancar ibu pejabat di Kuching". Borneo Post. 21 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Bekas ahli SUPP bentuk parti baharu dikenali Parti Rakyat Bersatu". Berita Harian. 17 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Harapan UPP dan Teras untuk sertai gabungan BN Sarawak berkecai". Berita Harian. 6 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Bernama (18 January 2016). "Adenan: Masalah BN S'wak selesai sebelum penamaan calon". accessdate=9 April 2016.


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