Pandikar Amin Mulia

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Pandikar Amin bin Mulia (Jawi: ڤنديكر أمين بن مليا; born 17 September 1955) is a Malaysian politician who has served as President of United Sabah National Organisation (New) (USNO Baru) since February 2021. He served as 8th Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat from April 2008 to April 2018, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department from December 1999 to November 2002, State Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of Sabah from May 1997 to March 1999, State Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports of Sabah from March 1994 to May 1997, Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Tempasuk from 1994 to 1999 and again from March 2004 to March 2008, Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Usukan from 1982 to 1985 as well as a former cum founding President of the People's Justice Front (AKAR) from 1989 to 1995. He is also the first Sabahan, East Malaysian and also ethnic Bajau Iranun to hold the office of the Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat.

Early background

Pandikar Amin was born in a remote village in Kota Belud, Sabah to ethnic Bajau Iranun farmer parents who were of poor backgrounds and started primary schooling in his hometown. Prior to going to England for tertiary education, he received education at Sabah College in Kota Kinabalu, a prestigious elite secondary school of the state. He was a graduate of Wolverhampton Polytechnic and Lincoln's Inn.[1]

Political career

USNO

Pandikar Amin entered politics in 1982 as a member of United Sabah National Organisation (USNO) and later picked as the Barisan Nasional (BN) parliamentary candidate for Kota Belud in 1982 general elections but lost to an Independent candidate. At the age of 27, however he became Sabah state assemblyman for Usukan, holding for one term from 1982 to 1985. He was then later appointed the first non-MLA Speaker of Sabah State Legislative Assembly from 1986 to 1988.[2]

AKAR

Pandikar with another fellow dissident United Sabah Party (PBS) comprising a few Dusun and Bajau ethnic-based leaders namely Mark Koding and Kalakau Untol formed the People's Justice Front (AKAR) in 1989.[3] In 1999, he was appointed a Senator and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department until 2002. He was president of AKAR, a now-defunct Sabahan political party which joined as one of the Barisan Nasional component parties from Sabah, at that time. The party was then dissolved to enable its members to join the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in 2002 where Pandikar-faction choice to join, meanwhile half of the AKAR members join PGRS in 2013 where Ationg Tituh-faction established.[1][4]

UMNO and Speakership in the Dewan Rakyat

Pandikar, as a member of UMNO was elected again Sabah assemblyman from 2004 to 2008; for the Tempasuk seat in Kota Belud. After the 2008 general elections, the BN coalition government announced that Pandikar, a non-MP would be the new Speaker, replacing Ramli Ngah Talib.[5]

The 12th Parliament was the first to be presided over entirely by East Malaysians; Pandikar and his deputies, Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar and Ronald Kiandee, hail from either Sabah or Sarawak.[6] In mid-May, after Parliament convened, Pandikar resigned as Kota Marudu UMNO divisional chief, citing the need to be a neutral, non-partisan presiding officer of the legislature. He denied his resignation was linked to possible party-switching amongst UMNO MPs from East Malaysia.[7]

Ahead of the 2018 general elections, Pandikar announced his intention to contest, thus enable his possible prospect to be a more active federal-elected politician after serving as a non-MP Speaker for two terms.[8] Somehow he was not picked as candidate to contest the elections that saw the downfall of BN in both the federal and state governments. Despite his appointment to the UMNO's supreme council later on 14 July 2018; he decided to quit UMNO on 12 December 2018 along with other Sabah UMNO assemblymen to be independents.[9]

USNO Baru

Pandikar then later joined a newly revived Sabahan political party known as the USNO Baru and was appointed as the chairman of the party's Strategic Advisory Council in July 2019.[10] He then contested the Pintasan state seat during the September 2020 Sabah state election under USNO Baru[11] but he together with all the party's candidates in other state seats they contested were defeated in cornered fights with candidates from rival parties and/or coalitions.[12] Pandikar was officially elected party president in February 2021 and remains in the position as of 2023, proceeds to became the main reason of the local political coalition, GRS accepting USNO Baru as a component member.[13]

Election results

Sabah State Legislative Assembly[14][15][16][17]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
1985 Usukan Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Pandikar Amin Mulia (USNO) Unopposed
1990 Tempasuk rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Independent | Pandikar Amin Mulia (AKAR) 1,139 14.54% Template:Party shading/United Sabah Party | Robert Ripin Minggir (PBS) 2,915 37.20% 7,935 343 82.19%
bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Musbah Jamli (USNO) 2,572 32.83%
bgcolor="Template:Love Sabah Party/meta/shading" | Mohammad Noor Mansoor (BERJAYA) 1,089 13.90%
bgcolor="Template:Sabah People's Unity Party/meta/shading" | Jumit Panau (PRS) 105 1.34%
Template:Party shading/Independent | Mukamad Abdullah (IND) 15 0.19%
1994 rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Pandikar Amin Mulia (AKAR) 4,142 49.59% Template:Party shading/United Sabah Party | Dausin Pangalin (PBS) 3,195 38.25% 8,474 947 78.04%
Template:Party shading/Independent | Suwah Buleh (IND) 1,016 12.16%
2004 rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Pandikar Amin Mulia (UMNO) 6,044 58.76% Template:Party shading/Independent | Digong Abd Rashid (IND) 2,604 25.31% 10,592 3,440 76.25%
Template:Party shading/Sabah Progressive Party | Josli Padis (BERSEKUTU) 916 8.91%
Template:Party shading/PAS | Bandira Alang (PAS) 426 4.14%
Template:Party shading/Independent | Razak Rakunman (IND) 296 2.88%
2020 Pintasan rowspan=5 bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Pandikar Amin Mulia (USNO Baru) 2,660 32.29% Fairuz Renddan (BERSATU) 2,744 33.31% 8,238 84 75.81%
Template:Party shading/Sabah Heritage Party | Mohd Safian Saludin (WARISAN) 1,816 22.04%
Template:Party shading/Independent | Almudin Kaida (IND) 780 9.47%
bgcolor="Template:Love Sabah Party/meta/shading" | Padlan Samad (PCS) 188 2.28%
bgcolor="Template:Sabah People's Unity Party/meta/shading" | Roslan Mayahman (PPRS) 50 0.61%
Parliament of Malaysia[14]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
1982 Kota Belud rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional| Pandikar Amin Mulia (USNO) 5,362 31.62% Template:Party shading/Independent | Yahya Lampong (IND) 9,952 58.68% 17,305 4,590 79.63%
Majikon Moluni (PASOK) 884 5.21%
Template:Party shading/Independent | Mohamed Yakin Mumin (IND) 419 2.47%
Template:Party shading/Independent | Sisambin Bungan (IND) 262 1.54%
Template:Party shading/red | Jailin Toh (PUSAKA) 80 0.47%
1990 Tanjong Aru rowspan="4" Template:Party shading/Independent | Pandikar Amin Mulia (AKAR) 763 4.62% Template:Party shading/United Sabah Party | Joseph Voon Shin Choi (PBS) 8,504 51.55% 16,671 3,817 55.97%
Template:Party shading/Independent | Jabar (IND) 4,687 28.41%
Template:Party shading/Democratic Action Party | Hsing Yin Shean (DAP) 2,507 15.20%
Template:Party shading/Independent | Charles Tulis @ Mohd Salleh (IND) 37 0.22%

Honours

References

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