Homeland Solidarity Party

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Homeland Solidarity Party
Malay nameParti Solidariti Tanah Airku
AbbreviationSTAR
President Jeffrey Kitingan
Secretary-GeneralEdward Linggu Bukut, JP
FounderJeffrey Kitingan
Founded1 July 2016
Split from State Reform Party Sarawak [1] [2]
PKR Sabah
Preceded by State Reform Party (Sabah Branch) - (Founded by Patau Rubis)
Headquarters Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Ideology Sabah regionalism
National affiliation Perikatan Nasional (2020–2022)
Regional affiliation United 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:
1 / 70
Dewan Rakyat:
Dewan Undangan Negeri:
6 / 79
State Chief Ministers (Sabah)
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Election symbol
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah GRS Election Symbol.jpg
Website
www.starsabah.org
Jeffrey Kitingan, the 1st President and Founder of STAR (Sabahan Solidarity Party) Jeffrey Kitingan.jpg
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).

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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]

History

Homeland Solidarity Party or Malay: Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (StarSabah) was registered with the Registrar of Societies Malaysia ‘Registry of Societies’ on 30 June 2016. [7] The party was preceded by the State Reform Party (Abbreviated STAR Borneo) founded by the late Dr. Patau Rubis in 1996. The party then established a branch in Sabah in 2011. After the late Dr. Patau Rubis died on March 20, 2016, the Sarawak Branch STAR Borneo Party led by Lina Soo and the Sabah Branch STAR Borneo Party led by Datuk Jeffrey G. Kitingan have separated ideologies and fought in their respective directions. The Sarawak State Reform Party eventually branded their party as Parti Aspirasi Rakyat Sarawak with the abbreviation ASPIRASI while the Sabah State Reform Party branded their party as Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku with the abbreviation STAR. The STAR Borneo Sarawak Party registered the name change as the ASPIRASI Party in 2020 and was approved in 2021 while the STAR Borneo Sabah Party re-registered the party as the Homeland Solidarity Party on 30 June 2016 and was approved in October 2016.

Party Organisational Structure (2024–2027)

Source: [8]


Elected representatives

Senators

Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives)

STAR currently has only one MP in the House of Representatives.

StateNo.Parliament ConstituencyMemberParty
Flag of Sabah.svg Sabah P180 Keningau Jeffrey Kitingan STAR
Total Sabah (1)

Dewan Undangan Negeri (State Legislative Assembly)

Sabah State Legislative Assembly

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StateNo.Parliamentary ConstituencyNo.Sabah State Legislative AssemblyMemberParty
Flag of Sabah.svg Sabah P179 Ranau N38 Paginatan Abidin Madingkir STAR
P180 Keningau N39 Tambunan Jeffrey Kitingan STAR
N40 Bingkor Robert Tawik STAR
N41 Liawan Annuar Ayub STAR
P182 Pensiangan N44 Tulid Flovia Ng STAR
N45 Sook Ellron Alfred Angin STAR
Total Sabah (5)

STAR state governments

StateLeader typeMemberPartyState Constituency
Flag of Sabah.svg Sabah Deputy Chief Minister I Jeffrey Kitingan STAR Tambunan

General election results

ElectionTotal seats wonSeats contestedTotal votesVoting PercentageOutcome of electionElection leader
2018
1 / 222
521,3610.18%Increase2.svg1 seats; Opposition coalition,
(United Sabah Alliance)
later Governing coalition,
(Perikatan Nasional)		 Jeffrey Kitingan
2022
1 / 222
229,8740.19%Steady2.svg; Governing coalition,
(Gabungan Rakyat Sabah)		 Jeffrey Kitingan

State election results

State electionState Legislative Assembly
Perlis State Legislative Assembly Kedah State Legislative Assembly Kelantan State Legislative Assembly Terengganu State Legislative Assembly Penang State Legislative Assembly Perak State Legislative Assembly Pahang State Legislative Assembly Selangor State Legislative Assembly Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly Malacca State Legislative Assembly Johor State Legislative Assembly Sabah State Legislative Assembly Sarawak State Legislative Assembly Total won / Total contested
2/3 majority
2 / 3
2 / 3
2 / 3
2 / 3
2 / 3
2 / 3
2 / 3
2 / 3
2 / 3
2 / 3
2 / 3
2 / 3
2 / 3
2016
10 / 82
2018
2 / 60
2 / 18
2020
6 / 73
6 / 6

References

  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.
  7. ↑ Kepemimpinan Star Sabah (30 June 2022). "SEJARAH STAR PARTY - HISTORY OF STAR PARTY". Star Sabah Official Site. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "Struktur Ahli Majlis Tertinggi Parti STAR Sabah Sesi 2024-2027". 12 July 2024.
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