United Pasok Momogun Organisation Pertubuhan Pasok Momogun Bersatu | |
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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 |
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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.
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]
Election | Total seats won | Total votes | Share of votes | Outcome of election | Election leader |
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1964 | 1 / 159
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appointed by Legislative Assembly | 1 seat; Opposition | G.S. Sundang |