Sarawak National Party
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Sarawak National Party
Parti Kebangsaan Sarawak |
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| Abbreviation | SNAP |
| President | Edmund Stanley Jugol |
| Secretary-General | Frankie Jurem Nyombui |
| Women's Chief | Melissa Anne Inddu |
| Youth Chief | Malachi Dennis Ningkan |
| Founder | Stephen Kalong Ningkan |
| Founded | 10 April 1961 |
| Dissolved | 17 January 2013 |
| Headquarters | Kuching, Malaysia |
| National affiliation |
Alliance (1963–66) Barisan Nasional (1976–2004) Pakatan Rakyat (18 April 2010–6 May 2011) |
| Colours | Blue, maroon, yellow, white, grey |
The Sarawak National Party known by its acronym as "SNAP", is now a defunct political party in Malaysia. It was a member party of the Alliance Party from 1963 to 1966 and a member of Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition from 1976 until its expulsion in 2004. It contested the General Election in 2004 as well as the Sarawak state elections of 2006 and 2011 as an opposition party.
On 18 April 2010, SNAP officially became a member of the Pakatan Rakyat, the federal opposition coalition. However, just before the Sarawak State Elections in April 2011, SNAP withdrew from Pakatan, citing seat allocation disagreements with PKR. On 6 May, SNAP had announced that they are no longer member of the Pakatan Rakyat coalition.
On 17 January 2013, the Federal Court of Malaysia declared that SNAP is no longer a registered party because the party did not furnish evidence that leadership tussle in the party has been resolved.
The SNAP was formed on 10 April 1961, the third party to be formed after the Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP) and Parti Negara Sarawak (PANAS), open the way for Dayaks’ active participation not only in the effort to prepare Sarawak’s Independence, but also to be fully involved in political activities. Although there were Dayak in SUPP and PANAS, which were and are objectives respectively, the Dayaks’ interest in the two parties were secondary and their roles minimal.
Thus the Dayaks, particularly the Ibans felt that they might be left behind in the decision making of Sarawak that was desirous of becoming an independent country, if they did not have their own. So SNAP was born in Betong, Second Division, and it formation was greatly welcomed by the vast majority of the Ibans, who formed one-third of Sarawak’s population then. Among the founders were Stephen Kalong Ningkan, who become its secretary-general, J.S. Tinker (Chairman), Edward Howell, Edwin Howell, Ivory Kedit, Mathew Dana Ujai, David Lawrence Usit, Nyipa Julin and Lionel Bediman Anak Ketit.
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