Sarawak Peoples' Party

Sarawak Peoples' Party
Malay nameParti Rakyat Sarawak
ڤرتي رعيت سراوق
Chinese name砂拉越人民党
Shālāyuè rénmín dǎng
PresidentJoseph Salang Gandum
Secretary-GeneralMalcom Mussen Lamoh[1]
Deputy PresidentMajang Renggi
Vice PresidentsJohn Sikie Tayai
Aaron Ago Dagang
Liwan Lagang
Wilson Ugak
Mong Dagang
Youth LeaderSnowdan Lawan
Women LeaderDoris Sophia Brodi
FounderJames Jemut Masing
Sng Chee Hua
Founded2004
Split fromParti Bansa Dayak Sarawak
HeadquartersLot 9029, Tingkat 1, Blok 11, Muara Tebas Land District, Jalan Wan Alwi, Tabuan Jaya, 93350 Kuching, Sarawak (current headquarters)
Pines Square, Batu Kawah, 93250 Kuching, Sarawak (new headquarters)
Youth wingPergerakan Pemuda PRS
Women's wingPergerakan Wanita PRS
Membership400,000 (October 2024)
IdeologyNationalism
Multiracialism
Self determination
National reformism
National affiliationBarisan Nasional (2004–2018)
Gabungan Parti Sarawak (2018–now)
PH–BN unity alliance (2022–now) (as alliance partner)
Colours  Green, yellow, red
Slogan
  • Berjuang Untuk Sarawak
  • Bersatu Menuju Sarawak Baharu
Dewan Negara:
1 / 70
Dewan Rakyat:
5 / 31
(Sarawak seats)
Sarawak State Legislative Assembly:
11 / 82
Premier of Sarawak:
0 / 1
(Sarawak only)
Website
www.prsinfo.my

Sarawak Peoples' Party (Malay: Parti Rakyat Sarawak; abbrev: PRS) is a multiracialist & nationalist political party in Sarawak. The party was founded in the wake of the de-registration of the Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak and later Sarawak National Party in December 2003 by a breakaway faction led by the late Tan Sri Dr. James Jemut Masing and Dato' Sng Chee Hua. It is one of the former constituent members of the Barisan Nasional. PRS is currently the second largest local political party in Sarawak, after PBB. Following the fall of BN in the 2018 general election and in the aftermath of meeting between all Sarawak-based BN coalition parties on 12 June 2018, PRS left the coalition to form a new Sarawak-based coalition of Sarawak Parties Alliance.[2] As of August 2023, the party's membership population is 348,700 members. Currently, there are 135 Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) branches which are actively found throughout Sarawak.

  1. ^ "Malcolm is PRS' new sec-gen with Edwin Banta as treasurer general, Roy Gingkoi as deputy treasurer". 4 February 2023.
  2. ^ Sharon Ling; Geryl Ogilvy (12 June 2018). "Sarawak BN parties pull out of coalition to form independent state-based pact". The Star. Retrieved 12 June 2018.