Love Sabah Party

Love Sabah Party
Malay nameParti Cinta Sabah
حزب الحب صباح
Chinese name爱沙巴党
Ài shābā dǎng
AbbreviationPCS
PresidentAnifah Aman
Deputy PresidentVacant
FounderNicholas James Guntobun
Founded2013
Legalised28 August 2013
Split fromUMNO Sabah (Anifah's quitting decision in 2019)
HeadquartersLot 29, 1st Floor, Block E, Nountun Industry Estate, 88450 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
IdeologyRegionalism
National affiliationUnited Sabah Alliance (member from 2016 until 2017)
PCSAnak Negeri Co-operation Alliance (allied since 2018)
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (member since 2024)
ColoursBlue, white, red
SloganFor The Autonomy and Freedom of Sabah
(Demi Autonomi dan Kedaulatan Sabah)
Dewan Negara:
1 / 70
Dewan Rakyat:
0 / 26
(Sabah and Labuan seats)
Sabah State Legislative Assembly:
0 / 79
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
Love Sabah Party on Facebook

The Love Sabah Party (Malay: Parti Cinta Sabah; abbrev: PCS) is a political party of Sabah, Malaysia.[1][2] The PCS is a relatively new party and was among 20 new party registrations approved by the Registrar of Society in 2013.[3][4]

PCS joined together with the Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) and State Reform Party (STAR) in the United Sabah Alliance (USA),[5] but later left the coalition over disagreements.[6] The party then signed political pact with the Sabah Native Co-operation Party in March 2018 with the ultimate goal to restore the rights, dignity and identity of the ‘Anak Negeri’ (native) or the firstborn in the state of Sabah.[7]

Anifah Aman took over as President from his outgoing predecessor Wilfred Bumburing who was elected as the new Deputy President after winning the position uncontested during the party 2nd Biennal General Meeting on 26 July 2020.[8] The party BGM also passed an resolution for the party to be renamed as Sabah People's Awareness Party (Parti Kesedaran Rakyat Sabah), with a new flag and symbol upon RoS approval.[9] In 2022, the rebranding process of this party has been cancelled due to many of the party member that doesn't agree with the new name. In 2024, the party has been accepted into Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) political coalition, who governs Sabah at the time.[10]

  1. ^ "Parti Cinta Sabah (PCS) Sedia Berjuang!" (in Malay). Studiokini. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016. [unreliable source?]
  2. ^ Luke Rintod (15 September 2013). "Is Jeffrey 'behind' Parti Cinta Sabah?". Free Malaysia Today. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  3. ^ Luke Rintod (4 September 2013). "New Sabah party targets youth". Free Malaysia Today. Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  4. ^ "ROS approves 20 new political parties". Bernama. fz.com. 2 September 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  5. ^ Dr. Nicholas James Guntobon. "United Sabah Alliance (USA)". Parti Cinta Sabah (PCS). Archived from the original on 30 November 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  6. ^ Olivia Miwil (28 April 2017). "Parti Cinta Sabah opts out of United Sabah Alliance". New Straits Times. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  7. ^ Mariah Doksil (17 March 2018). "PCS, Anak Negeri sign political pact". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  8. ^ Shalina R On (26 July 2020). "Anifah new PCS president". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  9. ^ Durie Rainer Fong (26 July 2020). "Sabah party elects Anifah as president, to get new name". Free Malaysia Today. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  10. ^ Miwil, Olivia (22 May 2024). "Gabungan Rakyat Sabah accepts Anifah's Parti Cinta Sabah | New Straits Times". NST Online. Retrieved 7 July 2024.