Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Progressive Democratic Party (Malaysia)
Political party in Malaysia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
The Progressive Democratic Party (Malay: Parti Demokratik Progresif, Abbrev: PDP), formerly known as Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (Abbrev: SPDP), is a Sarawak-based political party in Malaysia founded in 2002.
Remove ads
Party history
The party was founded in the wake of the de-registration of the Sarawak National Party in November 2002 by a faction aligned to the Chief Minister of Sarawak, Abdul Taib Mahmud, led by William Mawan Ikom.[2] The party has since rebranded in using a new name - Progressive Democratic Party since 2017 and has planned to expand to certain West Malaysian states e.g. Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Johor (where it has established 6 divisions in 2017),[3] though the party is mostly active in Sarawak. It is one of the former component party of the Barisan Nasional coalition.[1] Following the fall of BN in the 2018 general election and in the aftermath of meeting between all Sarawak-based BN coalition parties on 12 June 2018, PDP left the coalition to form a new Sarawak-based coalition of Sarawak Parties Alliance.[4]
On April 2024, Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) were merged into PDP and its members were accepted into PDP, including 3 MLAs of PSB.[5]
Remove ads
Party's objectives
- Focusing on maintaining and strengthen the unity of Sarawak multiracial communities, no matter what their races, religions, and their backgrounds.
- To fully protect and defend Sarawak independence and sovereignty, in order to transform Sarawak becoming a very modernised region in Malaysia.
- To uphold both the Malaysia constitution and Sarawak constitution rights.
- To combating and fight against corruption activities, racism, money laundering, and political power abuse among all party's members.
- To protect the future rights of both Chinese and Malay community in Sarawak, and for Malaysia overall.
- To protect and guarantee the rights of all Dayak community, especially Iban, Bidayuh, Orang Ulu, and Melanau in Sarawak.
- To develop and transform all Sarawakians to work and build together to modernised the region in all various fields, mostly in education, sports, politic, financial & monetary, social, region's safety, youth community, women's empowerment, culture & arts, infrastructures, and public services.
- To protect the rule of Sarawak democracy systems, and also Malaysia parliamentary democracy.
- To protect, strengthen, and fully giving justice for the region of Sarawak, as based on Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63).
Remove ads
Leadership structure
Electoral history
At the 2011 Sarawak state election, PDP won six out of the eight seats it contested.[6]
In the 2013 General Election, all 4 of their candidates won their respective seats, including William Mawan himself, where he won in P205 Saratok, against Ali Biju of PKR.
At the 2021 Sarawak state election, PDP won five out of the six seats it contested.
Elected representatives
Summarize
Perspective
Dewan Negara (Senate)
Senators
- Appointed by His Majesty the Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives)
Members of Parliament of the 15th Malaysian Parliament
PDP has 2 MPs in the House of Representatives.
Dewan Undangan Negeri (State Legislative Assembly)
Malaysian State Assembly Representatives
Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
8 / 82
Remove ads
General election results
Remove ads
State election results
See also
References
Further reading
External links
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads