Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) held its 38th Annual Delegates Conference recently. Meaning the local party is almost 40 years old.
In terms of human age, PBS is somewhere between a young adult and a middle-aged man now. Notwithstanding the revived Usno and Upko of the 60s, PBS is now the oldest Sabah-based party. It is multi-racial, too.
In 1976, Pairin stood as Berjaya’s candidate in his native Tambunan and won. Upon Berjaya’s victory and formation of the Fuad Cabinet, he was made an Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister. Pairin did not hide his displeasure over some of them. On 21 June 1982, barely a year after the 1981 election, Pairin “resigned” as a Minister along with Datuk Yap Pak Leong.
Berjaya’s candidate was Roger Ongkili, another nephew of Pairin and younger brother of Berjaya No.2 and Federal Minister James Ongkili. This turned out to be a costly mistake on the part of the Berjaya leadership, just like Usno made the same mistake in early 1976 after Berjaya’s birth. In that election, Usno under Tun Mustapha’s leadership once more came storming back winning 16 seats compared to just 3 in 1981. Berjaya which won 44 in 1981 managed only 6.
That led the Sabah Istana to change its mind and Pairin was finally sworn-in at 8.20pm on 22 April, and the rest is history. But more bad news was in store for PBS. In October 1985, PBS had its first real test when five of it assemblymen quit. This led PBS to call for a snap general election in February 1986, less than a year after its formation. A series of demonstrations and bombings followed across the State.
PBS rejected it and withdrew its application to join BN, as the coalition was a condition for accepting PBS into BN. PBS’ convincing victory shut a lot of mouths and paved the way for it to be a strong state government. Speaking at the opening of the new KK airport terminal, Mahathir said the people of Sabah had spoken and it was clear that they wanted PBS. That settled it.
It was around that time too that Pairin added the word Dusun to the name of his Kadazan association so that it now became KDCA. The two additional seats – Bengkoka and Buang Sayang – were also Muslim-majority seats and this mattered to PBS. The Chinese voters forgave PBS and voted for the party in all 4 areas, giving the party 14 seats in all.
Immediately after the meeting, Mustapha caught the midnight flight back to KK as polling was only a couple of days away. While waiting for his flight, the Tun was interviewed by TV3. But neither Jeffrey nor Max were YB at that time. Jeffrey was the timber-rich Yayasan Sabah Director while Max was Sabah Think Tank Deputy CEO cum Press Consultant to CM Pairin.
However, just before the 1990 State election, Dr James who by then had left Berjaya announced the setting up of a new party – Parti Rakyat Sabah and fought PBS. On 7 April 1993, PBS formed a coalition government with Usno, an apparent move to please KL and the Muslims. This was done without the blessings of KL who threatened to kick Usno out of BN.
The PBS+ coalition government was short-lived as less than a year later, in January 1994 the State Assembly was dissolved for yet another snap election. Anwar with his influence as Finance Minister managed to get all Sabah Umno divisions to nominate him as Deputy President. All except one – Mustapha’s Kota Belud division.
True enough, barely a month later on 12 March 1994, three PBS assemblymen quit and threw their support behind BN. But the greatest betrayal was by Labuan-based Nominated Assemblyman Zaini whom Pairin had appointed. But hours later, the Istana denied that the Governor had signed the letter. A police report was lodged. Thus, there was a big question mark as to whether the Assembly was really dissolved or not.
Sakaran personally sent Pairin down the lift, holding his hands. A touching scene never witnessed in Sabah’s history. This means that altogether 5 Nominated Assemblymen had also jumped. From 31 to 5. The reality of Sabah politics.
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