Abbreviation UPP Founded 2014 Ideology Sarawak regionalism | Founder Wong Soon Koh Headquarters Kuching, Sarawak | |
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Split from Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) | ||
The United People's Party (Malay: Parti Rakyat Bersatu, abbreviated UPP) is a multi-racial political party but majority of its members are Chinese. UPP was founded in 2014 at Sarawak with its headquarters base at Kuching. Parti Rakyat Bersatu (UPP) as a new formed political party is pro-Barisan Nasional (BN) in Sarawak is a splinter party of Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) set-up by its disgruntled leaders. However the hopes of UPP of joining BN has been rejected by the coalition.
Arrangement is being made between UPP and SUPP of Barisan Nasional for the division of seats to be contested in the Sarawak state election, 2016. UPP for the time being has 4 members of the 17th Sarawak State Legislative Assembly:
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