Parti Ekonomi Rakyat Sarawak Bersatu

Parti Ekonomi Rakyat Sarawak Bersatu
United Sarawak People's Economic Party
PERSB
AbbreviationPERSB
HeadquartersSarawak, Malaysia
ColoursBlue, yellow, brown, green
Dewan Negara:
0 / 70
Dewan Rakyat:
0 / 222
Sarawak State Legislative Assembly:
0 / 82
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The Parti Ekonomi Rakyat Sarawak Bersatu (PERSB) or in English United Sarawak People's Economic Party is a Malaysian political party formed by a group of Jatropha curcas plantation owners in Sarawak under the Projek Ekonomi Rakyat Sarawak (PERS) (English: Sarawak People's Economic Project). It is a relatively new party, was among the latest 20 new parties registration approved by the Registrar of Society (RoS) and just received permission to operate as a political party in 2013.[1][2]

PERSB has filed their application to the Registrar of Societies (ROS) on 2010, and their application has been approved only in 2013.[3] Somehow 15 of their candidates have contested in 2011 Sarawak state election as Independent candidates however all of their candidates were defeated and lost their deposits on the polling day. Since then, these political party have sometimes not active until now. [4][5]

References

  1. ^ Rintod, Luke (4 September 2013). "New Sabah party targets youth". Free Malaysia Today. Malaysia. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  2. ^ Bernama (2 September 2013). "ROS approves 20 new political parties". fz.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  3. ^ "ROS: Ada logo pertubuhan serupa kongsi gelap". Sinar Harian. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  4. ^ Bernama (7 April 2011). "PERSB fields 15 Independents". Borneo Post. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  5. ^ Bernama (2 September 2013). "PERSB Fields 15 Independent Candidates In Sarawak Election". Bernama. Retrieved 9 April 2016.


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