Homeland Solidarity Party | |
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| Malay name | Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku ڤرتي سوليدريتي تانه اءيركو |
| Chinese name | 沙巴立新黨 沙巴立新党 Shābā Lìxīn Dǎng |
| Abbreviation | STAR |
| President | Jeffrey Kitingan |
| Secretary-General | Edward Linggu Bukut, JP |
| Founder | Jeffrey Kitingan |
| Founded | 1 July 2016 |
| Split from | State Reform Party Sarawak[1][2] PKR Sabah |
| Preceded by | State Reform Party (Sabah Branch) - (Founded by Patau Rubis) |
| Headquarters | Kota Kinabalu, Sabah |
| Ideology | Sabah regionalism |
| National affiliation | Perikatan Nasional (2020–2022) |
| Regional affiliation | United Sabah Alliance (2016–2018) United Alliance of Sabah (2018–2020) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (since 2020) |
| Colours | Light blue, red, orange and pink |
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| Anthem | Bintang Borneo |
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| Dewan Rakyat: |
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| Dewan Undangan Negeri: |
6 / 79
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| State Chief Ministers (Sabah) |
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Homeland Solidarity Party (abbreviated: STAR; Malay: Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku) is a Sabah-based political party. The party was founded on 1 July 2016 by Joseph Pairin Kitingan's brother Jeffrey.[3] STAR Party was one of four founding parties of the United Sabah Alliance (USA) founded in 2016, United Alliance of Sabah (UAOS) founded in 2018, and Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) founded in 2020, the other being the Sabah People's Ideas Party (GAGASAN), Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) and United Sabah Party (PBS).
The party entered into an alliance with Barisan Nasional coalition after the 2018 Sabah state election and formed the state government.[4] However, the state government lost power after a number of BN state assemblymen left and lent their support for the Parti Warisan Sabah, which subsequently replaced the STAR-BN government with the support of Pakatan Harapan. STAR later returned to power as part of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition which was formed to contest the 2020 Sabah state snap-election. The party is actively researching and protecting the rights of the people of Sabah through the United Nations, UNESCO and also through all evidence documents.[5] The party left the Perikatan Nasional (PN) opposition coalition on 5 December 2022 due to its irrelevance as a PN component party after the party decided to support the federal coalition government led by Pakatan Harapan (PH) as a GRS component party and later followed by Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP).[6]
Homeland Solidarity Party or Malay: Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (StarSabah) was registered with the Registrar of Societies Malaysia ‘Registry of Societies’ on 30 June 2016.[7] The party was preceded by the State Reform Party (Abbreviated STAR Borneo) founded by the late Dr. Patau Rubis in 1996. The party then established a branch in Sabah in 2011. After the late Dr. Patau Rubis died on March 20, 2016, the Sarawak Branch STAR Borneo Party led by Lina Soo and the Sabah Branch STAR Borneo Party led by Datuk Jeffrey G. Kitingan have separated ideologies and fought in their respective directions. The Sarawak State Reform Party eventually branded their party as Parti Aspirasi Rakyat Sarawak with the abbreviation ASPIRASI while the Sabah State Reform Party branded their party as Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku with the abbreviation STAR. The STAR Borneo Sarawak Party registered the name change as the ASPIRASI Party in 2020 and was approved in 2021 while the STAR Borneo Sabah Party re-registered the party as the Homeland Solidarity Party on 30 June 2016 and was approved in October 2016.
STAR currently has only one MP in the House of Representatives.
| State | No. | Parliament Constituency | Member | Party | ||
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 Sabah |
P180 | Keningau | Jeffrey Kitingan | STAR | ||
| Total | Sabah (1) | |||||
Sabah State Legislative Assembly
| State | No. | Parliamentary Constituency | No. | Sabah State Legislative Assembly | Member | Party | |
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| Sabah
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P179 | Ranau | N38 | Paginatan | Abidin Madingkir | STAR | |
| P180 | Keningau | N39 | Tambunan | Jeffrey Kitingan | STAR | ||
| N40 | Bingkor | Robert Tawik | STAR | ||||
| N41 | Liawan | Annuar Ayub | STAR | ||||
| P182 | Pensiangan | N44 | Tulid | Flovia Ng | STAR | ||
| N45 | Sook | Ellron Alfred Angin | STAR | ||||
| Total | Sabah (5) | ||||||
| State | Leader type | Member | Party | State Constituency | |
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| Sabah |
Deputy Chief Minister I | Jeffrey Kitingan | STAR | Tambunan | |
| Election | Total seats won | Seats contested | Total votes | Voting Percentage | Outcome of election | Election leader |
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| 2018 |
1 / 222
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5 | 21,361 | 0.18% |  1 seats; Opposition coalition,(United Sabah Alliance) later Governing coalition, (Perikatan Nasional) |
Jeffrey Kitingan |
| 2022 |
1 / 222
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2 | 29,874 | 0.19% |  ; Governing coalition, (Gabungan Rakyat Sabah) |
Jeffrey Kitingan |
| State election | State Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||
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| Perlis State Legislative Assembly | Kedah State Legislative Assembly | Kelantan State Legislative Assembly | Terengganu State Legislative Assembly | Penang State Legislative Assembly | Perak State Legislative Assembly | Pahang State Legislative Assembly | Selangor State Legislative Assembly | Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly | Malacca State Legislative Assembly | Johor State Legislative Assembly | Sabah State Legislative Assembly | Sarawak State Legislative Assembly | Total won / Total contested | |
| 2/3 majority |
2 / 3
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2 / 3
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2 / 3
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2 / 3
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2 / 3
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2 / 3
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2 / 3
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2 / 3
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2 / 3
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2 / 3
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2 / 3
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2 / 3
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2 / 3
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| 2016 |
10 / 82
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| 2018 |
2 / 60
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2 / 18
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| 2020 |
6 / 73
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6 / 6
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