Its president Ationg Tituh said the party would contest 40 seats.

He will contest for the Kuamut state seat under the Kinabatangan parliamentary constituency.

“We are confident about a favourable outcome in this coming election for our party,” he told FMT.

“Our candidates are winnable candidates.”

Besides Ationg, other notable names contesting on behalf of the party are former Sabah MCA chief Francis Goh, who will be contesting the hot seat of Inanam under the Sepanggar parliamentary constituency, and former DAP MP and assemblyman Hiew King Cheu, who will seek to return as Luyang assemblyman.

Hiew won the Kota Kinabalu parliamentary seat in 2008 and the Luyang state constituency in 2013 on a DAP ticket.

Ationg had previously said while PGRS would be going it alone in the polls, it would consider its options to link up with any party or coalition once the results were out.

The party has placed championing for Sabah rights as its main struggle.

Besides PGRS, Parti Cinta Sabah (PCS) and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) are touted as the “third force” parties, as opposed to the Warisan Plus and Barisan Nasional-Perikatan Nasional Plus coalitions.