United Pasok Momogun Organisation (Malay: Pertubuhan Pasok Momogun Bersatu; abbrev:Pasok Momogun or UPMO) is an ethnically-based political party in North Borneo (later Sabah, Malaysia).[1][2] It was a splinter party of United National Kadazan Organisation (UNKO); founded by Donald Stephens earlier in 1961. The breakaway UPMO formed by Orang Kaya Kaya (OKK) Datuk G.S. Sundang, in January 1962 to fight for the interest of Kadazan-Dusun-Murut (KDM) races; with the supports and encouragement of the Chinese in Sabah.[1] The split was in reaction and protest to the suggestion of the Prime Minister of Malaya, Tunku Abdul Rahman to create a new federation country named Malaysia, dubbed Projek Malaysia.
United Pasok Momogun Organisation Pertubuhan Pasok Momogun Bersatu | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | Pasok Momogun / UPMO |
| Leader | G.S. Sundang |
| Founder | G.S. Sundang |
| Founded | January 1962 |
| Dissolved | May 1964 |
| Merger of | Reunite back with UNKO to form UPKO (May 1964) |
| Split from | United National Kadazan Organisation (UNKO) |
| Succeeded by | United Pasokmomogun Kadazan Organisation (UPKO) |
| Headquarters | Sabah |
In May 1964, UPMO eventually reunited with its parent party UNKO which had earlier entered into a coalition with the United Sabah National Organisation (USNO) and the Sabah Chinese Association (SCA) to form a new consociationalism Government of Sabah with Stephens became the state's first Chief Minister, upon the successful formation of Malaysia in 1963,.[3] With the reunification of UPMO back into UNKO had renamed itself as United Pasokmomogun Kadazan Organisation (UPKO) in June 1964.[4][2]
General election results
edit| Election | Total seats won | Total votes | Share of votes | Outcome of election | Election leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 1 / 159
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appointed by Legislative Assembly |  1 seat; Opposition
|
G.S. Sundang | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Sabah State Archives. "GOVERNMENTAL RECORDS (Before Independence)". Chief Minister Department. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ^ a b "UPKO/PDS". Archived from the original on January 25, 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Lim, Regina (2008). Federal-state Relations in Sabah, Malaysia: The Berjaya Administration, 1976-85. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 42.
- ^ "UPKO rebranded to United Progressive People of Kinabalu Organisation". Bernama. Malaysiakini. 23 November 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
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