| Country: | Malaysia |
| Parti Aspirasi Rakyat Sarawak | |
| Native Name: | Sarawak People's Aspiration Party |
| Abbreviation: | ASPIRASI |
| President: | Lina Soo |
| Chairman: | Jane Anak Dripin |
| Founder: | Patau Rubis |
| Foundation: | 8 October 1996 6 January 2012 24 January 2020 |
| Legalised: | 26 January 2020 |
| Predecessor: | State Reform Party (STAR) |
| Successor: | Homeland Solidarity Party (Sabah) |
| Headquarters: | 262, Jalan Batu Kawa, 93500 Kuching, Sarawak |
| Ideology: | • Regionalism • Sarawak nationalism • Multiracialism • MA63 rights • Self-determination |
| Position: | Centre-right |
| Seats1 Title: | Dewan Negara |
| Seats2 Title: | Dewan Rakyat |
| Seats2: | (Sarawak seats) |
| Seats3 Title: | Sarawak State Legislative Assembly |
| Seats4 Title: | Premier of Sarawak |
| Slogan: | Parti Adup Ta |
| Website: | |
Sarawak People's Aspiration Party (ms| "Parti Aspirasi Rakyat Sarawak", abbreviated ASPIRASI) is a political party based in Sarawak, Malaysia, renamed and rebranded from previously State Reform Party abbreviated STAR.
The party began as the State Reform Party (STAR) in the 1990s founded by Patau Rubis, using a 9-pointed star derived from the state flag as its logo. The party contested in the 2016 state elections under the STAR logo, failing to win a single seat.
The State Reform Party's policy will ensure the party always struggle as a significant pressure group on demanding recognition of Sarawak rights together with many other non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The Party demands that the Government of Sarawak have to reform the state government system and go out from the available comfort zone.[1] [2] As a pro-Sarawakian independence party, it aims to table Sarawak Independence Referendum Ordinance in event it won seat in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly.[3]
Patau Rubis the first STAR president. He died in 2016, after collapsed while presiding the STAR's Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 20 March and was replaced by Lina Soo.[4] [5] Beside the President Lina Soo, the party AGM later had also elected a new committee including Bulin anak Ribos as chairman on 12 October 2017.[6]
In 2012, STAR also expanded to neighbouring Sabah with setting of the state chapter led by Jeffrey Kitingan,[7] who had also initiated the United Borneo Alliance (UBA),[8] in its effort to switch to a Borneo-based regional party uniting all local parties in Sabah and Sarawak to promote jointly the 7 Borneo Agendas.[9]
In 2016 however Kitingan re-registered the Sabah chapter as a new Sabah-based party, Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (STAR) but retained the backronym STAR, leaving the original State Reform Party back as Sarawak-based.[10] [11] The STAR Sabah and STAR Sarawak finally separated their ideology in 2016 (STAR Sabah for Sabah state and STAR Sarawak for Sarawak state with different leader each state). STAR Sabah rebranding their party as Homeland Solidarity Party abbreviated as STAR and STAR Sarawak rebranding their party as Sarawak People's Aspiration Party abbreviated as ASPIRASI.
The party rebranded as Parti Aspirasi Rakyat Sarawak or ASPIRASI in February 2020.[12] Beside new party name, a new logo also being unveiled.[13] The party chose the new logo designed based on Rajah Brooke birdwing butterfly (Trogonoptera brookiana).[14] The official logo of ASPIRASI Party has been revealed on 13 December 2021, one week before 2021 Sarawak state election.
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We wait ROS investigation as Lina Soo has launched a complaint to ROS.
| Election | Total seats won | Seats contested | Total votes | Voting Percentage | Outcome of election | Election leader | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 (STAR) | 23 | 23,354 | 0.35% |
| Patau Rubis | ||
| 2004 (STAR) | 23 | 6,270 | 0.09% |
| Patau Rubis | ||
| 2013 (STAR) | 22 | 45,386 | 0.41% |
| Patau Rubis | ||
| 2018 (STAR Sarawak) | 19 | 1,299 | 0.01% |
| Lina Soo | ||
| 2022 | 9 | 1,299 | 0.01% |
| Lina Soo |
| State election | State Legislative Assembly | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabah | Sarawak | Total won / Total contested | ||
| 2/3 majority | ||||
| 2001 | ||||
| 2013 | ||||
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| 2021 | ||||