Gabungan Rakyat Sabah | |
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| English name | Sabah People's Coalition |
| Abbreviation | GRS |
| President | GRS Presidential Council (MPGRS)[1] |
| Chairman | Hajiji Noor |
| Secretary-General | Masidi Manjun |
| Deputy Chairman | Maximus Ongkili Pandikar Amin Mulia Anifah Aman Liew Yun Fah Chin Su Phin |
| Founder | Hajiji Noor[2] |
| Founded | 13 September 2020 (2020-09-13)[3] |
| Legalised | 11 March 2022[2][4] |
| Split from | Perikatan Nasional (PN) Barisan Nasional (BN) Pakatan Harapan (PH) Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah (BERSATU Sabah) United Malays National Organisation of Sabah (UMNO Sabah) Heritage Party (WARISAN) |
| Preceded by | United Alliance of Sabah (GBS)[5] United Borneo Alliance (UBA) |
| Headquarters | Gabungan Rakyat Sabah Headquarters, GRS HQ, Lot 57 G7 Plaza Permai 2 Alamesra 88400Kota Kinabalu Sabah Borneo |
| Student wing | GRS Student Wing[6] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-right toright-wing |
| National affiliation | Perikatan Nasional(2020–2022) National Unity Government(since 2022) |
| Regional affiliation | Pertubuhan Lima Generasi Sabah (PLG Sabah)[7][8] |
| Member parties | |
| Colours | Steel Blue[9] Red White Old Glory Blue Sky Blue |
| Slogan | "Sayangi Sabah" (Love Sabah) "Sabah Maju Jaya" (Let Sabah Prosper) "Sabah First, Sabah Forward, Sabah Prosperous, Sabah United" (Sabah Diutamakan, Sabah Ke Hadapan, Sabah Sejahtera, Sabah Bersatu)[10] |
| Dewan Negara | 3 / 70 |
| Dewan Rakyat (Sabah and Labuan seats) | 5 / 26 |
| Sabah State Legislative Assembly | 35 / 79 |
| Chief Minister of Sabah | 1 / 1 |
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Gabungan Rakyat Sabah[11][12] (GRS; English:Sabah People's Coalition) is aMalaysiancoalition ofSabah-based parties.[13][4] It was established in 2020 and then registered in 2022 by formerUnited Alliance of Sabah (GBS) andUnited Borneo Alliance (UBA) component parties operating solely in Sabah inspired by the formula ofSarawak-based coalition,Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS). Gabungan Rakyat Sabah gained significant popularity among Sabahans with aregionalist political outlook.
On 12 September 2020,Hajiji Noor established an informal alliance named Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) to compete againstShafie Apdal's ruling Warisan Plus coalition consisting ofSabah Heritage Party (WARISAN), theDemocratic Action Party (DAP),Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), and theUnited Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO) during the2020 Sabah state election. The GRS alliance consisted of Hajiji'sPerikatan Nasional Sabah (PN) coalition, theBarisan Nasional (BN) coalition, andParti Bersatu Sabah (PBS).[2][4]
During the Sabah state election held on 26 September, the alliance won a simple majority in theSabah State Legislative Assembly, total of 38 seats: 17 from Perikatan Nasional, 14 from Barisan Nasional, and seven from PBS.[14] Sabah Perikatan Nasional chairmanHajiji Noor became the newChief Minister of Sabah on 29 September.[15]
Under the new GRS administration, projects that had been stopped by the previous Sabah government were restarted and continued, including theSabahPan-Borneo Highway Project,[16] Recognition project ofAnjung Kinabalu KK Night Market[17] and the development project ofThe Skybridge City Centre Kota Kinabalu.[18][16][17]
On 9 January 2021, the various leaders of Gabungan Rakyat Sabah signed a memorandum of understanding affirming each party's commitment to the alliance, with chief minister Hajiji Noor maintaining that the alliance would remain intact regardless of the political situation on the peninsula.[19][20]
On 24 November 2021, the alliance's backbenchers club chairpersonSalleh Said Keruak floated the idea of registering Gabungan Rakyat Sabah as an official political coalition, arguing it was necessary as a means of strengthening the alliance.[21] The proposal received the support of various party leaders, includingJeffrey G. Kitingan,Masidi Manjun,Yong Teck Lee,Bung Mokhtar Radin,Joniston Bangkuai andJoseph Pairin Kitingan.[22][23][24]
The alliance was officially registered and legalised by theRegistrar of Societies on 11 March 2022,[2] with Sabah BERSATU, PBS,Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR), and theSabah Progressive Party (SAPP) as its members.[25]
On 9 May 2022, theUnited Sabah National Organisation (Baru) (USNO Baru) was admitted as a member of the coalition.[26]
On 25 September 2022, GRS chairman Hajiji Noor announced that the coalition would support Barisan Nasional candidates in the upcoming2022 Malaysian general election, contrary to Perikatan Nasional, of which both Sabah BERSATU and STAR was a member, which had declared Barisan as its main enemy.[27]
Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah, the regional branch of theMalaysian United Indigenous Party, otherwise known as BERSATU, effectively collapsed when all eleven state legislative assemblymen including the party's state chairman Hajiji Noor, and four members of parliament left the party on 10 December 2022.[28] Rumours surfaced that the former members of Sabah BERSATU would take overParti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN),[29][30] which came to pass as Hajiji Noor took over the party on 29 January 2023, with the party itself having been admitted into the coalition earlier on 9 December.[31][32]
Political analysts regarded Hajiji Noor's decision to leave Sabah BERSATU as a shrewd,[4] with Romzi Ationg commenting that the transformation of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah coalition into a purely Sabah-based entity had been long-awaited by the local population.[33]
However, as a result of the parliamentary anti-hopping law, the four former Sabah BERSATU members of parliament could not join Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah. They instead became direct members of the coalition.[34]
In the lead up to the2025 Sabah state election, GRS entered into a seat-sharing pact withPakatan Harapan (PH). In opposition to this move, STAR and SAPP announced that they would contest under their own symbols rather than be bound by the agreed-upon seat allocation, resulting in the termination of their memberships in the coalition.[35] Five state assemblymen from STAR left the party and joined GRS as direct members prior to the assembly's dissolution.[36]
| Logo | Name | Ideology | Sabah leader(s) | Seats contested | 2022 result | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||||
| Member parties | |||||||||
| GRS | Sabah People's Coalition (Direct members) Keahlian terus Gabungan Rakyat Sabah[37] | Sabah regionalism | Armizan Mohd. Ali | 6 | 0.61% | 4 / 222 | ||
| GAGASAN | Sabah People's Ideas Party Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah[38] | Hajiji Noor | 0 | 0.00% | 0 / 222 | ||||
| PBS | United Sabah Party Parti Bersatu Sabah[39] | Maximus Johnity Ongkili | 4 | 0.42% | 1 / 222 | ||||
| USNO | United Sabah National Organisation (New) Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Sabah Bersatu (Baru)[40] | Pandikar Amin Mulia | 0 | 0% | 0 / 222 | ||||
 | PHRS | Sabah People's Hope Party Parti Harapan Rakyat Sabah[41] | Liew Yun Fah | 0 | 0% | 0 / 222 | |||
 | LDP | Liberal Democratic Party Parti Liberal Demokratik[42][43] | Chin Su Phin | 0 | 0% | 0 / 222 | |||
| PCS | Love Sabah Party Parti Cinta Sabah | Anifah Aman | 0 | 0% | 0 / 222 | ||||
| Logo | Name | Ideology | Sabah leader(s) | Seats contested | 2020 result | Current seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||||
| Member parties | |||||||||
| GRS | Sabah People's Coalition (Direct members) Keahlian terus Gabungan Rakyat Sabah[37] | Sabah regionalism | Hajiji Noor | 21 (underPN) | 11.81% | 14 / 73 | 1 / 79 | |
| GAGASAN | Sabah People's Ideas Party Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah[44] | Hajiji Noor | 28 | 0.51% | 0 / 73 | 26 / 79 | |||
| PBS | United Sabah Party Parti Bersatu Sabah[39] | Maximus Johnity Ongkili | 22 | 6.83% | 7 / 73 | 7 / 79 | |||
| USNO | United Sabah National Organisation (New) Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Sabah Bersatu (Baru)[40] | Pandikar Amin Mulia | 47 | 1.21% | 0 / 73 | 0 / 79 | |||
| PHRS | Sabah People's Hope Party Parti Harapan Rakyat Sabah[45] | Liew Yun Fah | 5 | 0.60% | 0 / 73 | 1 / 79 | ||
| LDP | Liberal Democratic Party Parti Liberal Demokratik[45][46] | Chin Su Phin | 46 | 1.70% | 0 / 73 | 0 / 79 | ||
| PCS | Love Sabah Party Parti Cinta Sabah | Anifah Aman | 73 | 3.98% | 0 / 73 | 0 / 79 | |||
| Founder | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hajiji Noor | 2022 (as registered political coalition) | ||
"(..)" in the number section refers to the same leader appointed after the special meeting of the coalition.[49]
| Leader | Took office | Left office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hajiji Noor (inaugural chairman holder) | 2020–2021(Unofficial) 11 March 2022(Official) | 11 December 2022 | |
| (1.) | Hajiji Noor[50] | 12 December 2022 | 29 January 2023 | |
| (1.) | Hajiji Noor[32] | 29 January 2023 | Incumbent | |
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah Party has 5 MPs in theHouse of Representatives.
| State | No. | Parliament Constituency | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sabah | P175 | Papar | Armizan Mohd Ali | GRS | ||
| P178 | Sipitang | Matbali Musah | GRS | |||
| P179 | Ranau | Jonathan Yasin | GRS | |||
| P185 | Batu Sapi | Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan | GRS | |||
| P190 | Tawau | Lo Su Fui | PBS | |||
| Total | Sabah (5) | |||||
Sabah State Legislative Assembly
| Portfolio | Office Bearer | Party | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Domestic Trade and Costs of Living | DatukArmizan Mohd. AliMP | GRS | Papar | |
| Portfolio | Office Bearer | Party | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture | DatukKhairul Firdaus Akbar KhanMP | GRS | Batu Sapi | |
| Election | Total seats won | Seats contested | Total votes | Voting Percentage | Outcome of election | Election leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 / 222 | 13 | 194,324 | 1.25% |  4 seats;Governing coalition(Gabungan Rakyat Sabah) | Hajiji Noor |
| Sabah state election | Total seats won | Seats contested | Total votes | Voting Percentage | Outcome of election | Election leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 24 / 73 | 51 | 175,056 | 23.94% | 1 seat;State governing coalition (Gabungan Rakyat Sabah) | Hajiji Noor |
| 2025 | 0 / 73 | 55 | Hajiji Noor |
