Homeland Solidarity Party

Homeland Solidarity Party
Malay nameParti Solidariti Tanah Airku
ڤرتي سوليدريتي تانه اءيركو‎
Chinese name沙巴立新党
Shābā Lìxīn Dǎng
AbbreviationSTAR
PresidentJeffrey Kitingan
Secretary-GeneralEdward Linggu Bukut, JP
FounderJeffrey Kitingan
Founded1 July 2016
Split fromState Reform Party Sarawak[1][2]
PKR Sabah
Preceded byState Reform Party (Sabah Branch) - (Founded by Patau Rubis)
HeadquartersKota Kinabalu, Sabah
IdeologySabah regionalism
National affiliationPerikatan Nasional (2020–2022)
Regional affiliationUnited Sabah Alliance (2016–2018)
United Alliance of Sabah (2018–2020)
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (since 2020)
Colours  Light blue, red, orange and pink
Slogan
  • "Kalau bukan kita, siapa lagi? Kalau bukan sekarang, bila lagi?"
    (If not us, who else? If not now, when?)
  • "Ini kali lah! Kita mesti menang!"
    (This time! We must win!)
  • "STAR! STAR! STAR! - Bersatulah Rakyat Sabah!!"
    (STAR! STAR! STAR! - Unite the people of Sabah!!)
AnthemBintang Borneo
Dewan Negara:
0 / 70
Dewan Rakyat:
1 / 26
(Sabah and Labuan seats)
Dewan Undangan Negeri:
6 / 79
State Chief Ministers (Sabah)
0 / 13
Election symbol
Website
www.starsabah.org
Jeffrey Kitingan
Jeffrey Kitingan, the 1st President and Founder of STAR (Sabahan Solidarity Party)

Homeland Solidarity Party (abbrev: STAR; Malay: Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku) is a Sabah-based political party in Malaysia. The party was founded on 1 July 2016 by Joseph Pairin Kitingan's brother Jeffrey.[3] STAR Party was one of four founding parties of the United Sabah Alliance (USA) founded in 2016, United Alliance of Sabah (UAOS) founded in 2018, and Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) founded in 2020, the other being the Sabah People's Ideas Party (GAGASAN), Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) and United Sabah Party (PBS).

The party entered into an alliance with Barisan Nasional coalition after the 2018 Sabah state election and formed the state government.[4] However, the state government lost power after a number of BN state assemblymen left and lent their support for the Parti Warisan Sabah, which subsequently replaced the STAR-BN government with the support of Pakatan Harapan. STAR later returned to power as part of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition which was formed to contest the 2020 Sabah state snap-election. The party is actively researching and protecting the rights of the people of Sabah through the United Nations, UNESCO and also through all evidence documents.[5] The party left the Perikatan Nasional (PN) opposition coalition on 5 December 2022 due to its irrelevance as a PN component party after the party decided to support the federal coalition government led by Pakatan Harapan (PH) as a GRS component party and later followed by Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP).[6]

  1. ^ "STAR Fully Committed To USA And Sabah's Full Autonomy – Jeffrey Kitingan". SabahKini. 11 October 2015. Archived from the original on 22 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  2. ^ Jenne Lajiun (15 July 2016). "Reformed, rebranded STAR now Sabah-based party". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  3. ^ Julia Chan (14 July 2016). "Jeffrey Kitingan announces new party name, disavows partnership in Saksama". The Malay Mail. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  4. ^ Chok Simyee (10 May 2018). "31 elected BN may unite under PBS". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  5. ^ Olivia Miwil (24 July 2021). "Kitingan proposes int'l justice system for Borneo's Dayak community". New Straits Times - Nation. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Sabah STAR quits Perikatan". The Star. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.