Parti_Rakyat_Bersatu
Parti Sarawak Bersatu
Malaysian political party (2014–2024)
The United Sarawak Party (Malay: Parti Sarawak Bersatu, abbreviated PSB) was a multi-racial political party based in the state of Sarawak.[2]
In the 2021 Sarawak state election, PSB managed to retain the four seats of Batu Lintang, Engkilili, Ba'kelalan and Bawang Assan, making it the largest opposition party in Sarawak, replacing Pakatan Harapan (PH) which only retained two seats of Pending and Padungan through the Democratic Action Party (DAP). On 13 July 2023, PSB signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) to show its support for the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition. However, Wong remained the State Leader of the Opposition of Sarawak and PSB stayed in the opposition in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly.[3] According to PSB Deputy President Johnical Rayong Ngipa, the party was set to be dissolved before Chinese New Year in 2024 and all existing PSB members were expected to join the PDP, a component party of the GPS coalition.[4] On 6 April 2024, Wong confirmed that the Registrar of Societies had approved the application of PSB to be dissolved on 19 March 2024 and all 80,000 PSB members had joined the PDP upon the dissolution. PDP President Tiong King Sing also appointed Wong as the Senior Vice President, Johnical Rayong Ngipa and Baru Bian as Vice Presidents of PDP. Upon the dissolution of PSB and the joining of its members in GPS, which was the state ruling coalition, Chong Chieng Jen took office as the Sarawak State Opposition Leader for the second term after the Sarawak opposition was left with only PH and DAP who were represented by only two MLAs Chong himself who was the Padungan MLA and Pending MLA Violet Yong Wui Wui. GPS also held 79 of the 82 seats in the State Assembly, ruling the state with more than two-thirds supermajority support of the assembly.