Brunei People's Party

Brunei People's Party Parti Rakyat Brunei ڤرتي رعيت بروني
Abbreviation	BRP, PRB
Leader	A. M. Azahari
Founder	A. M. Azahari Salleh Masri
Founded	21 January 1956 (1956-01-21)
Registered	15 August 1956
Banned	9 December 1962
Preceded by	Angkatan Pemuda Brunei Barisan Pemuda
Succeeded by	Brunei United Party Brunei National Party
Headquarters	Brunei Town, Brunei
Military	North Kalimantan National Army
Membership (1957)	16,000
Ideology	Left-wing nationalism Malay nationalism Anti-colonial nationalism
Political position	Left-wing
Religion	Sunni Islam
Regional affiliation	Malayan People's Party
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Brunei People's Party (BPR), also known as Parti Rakyat Brunei (PRB), is a banned political party in Brunei. The party was established as a left-wing party in 1956 and aimed to bring Brunei into full independence from the United Kingdom. The party called for a constitution that would unite^[why?] Brunei, North Borneo, and Sarawak under a fully democratic government, the Unitary State of North Kalimantan or Negara Kesatuan Kalimantan Utara (NKKU). However, in 1958 the British publicised their own ideas and rejected the Borneo union ambitions of the PRB, seeking instead for a gradual democratic transformation. The PRB's reactions to both the plan for a Federation of Malaysia and the Constitution of Brunei led to a mutiny in the first part of December 1962.^[1]

The PRB seeks to establish a fully democratic government for Brunei while preserving the country's monarchy, it frequently displays a lack of agreement with the government, particularly when it comes to the creation of a new constitution. Azahari has suggested to the government that 75% of the Legislative Council of Brunei (LegCo) members should be elected independently rather than chosen by the Sultan in order to demand that the people of Brunei have complete democracy in their governance.^[2]