Perikatan Nasional

First Transition and Collapse · Chronicle · 5 min read

How Was the National Alliance Formed? Muhyiddin's Government Existed First, Official Coalition Followed Later

UMNO and GPS once supported the PN government without becoming part of it; BERSATU and PAS later restructured MPs into a 2022 electoral force

In 2020, Muhyiddin formed a government through MP support before Perikatan Nasional was officially registered. BERSATU and PAS developed it into an electoral coalition that won 74 seats in 2022; by 2026 the coalition remained active, but its leadership core had shifted to PAS.

Unity Government and Reform · Treatise · 5 min read

What Is Malaysia Unity Government?

How Harapan, BN, and Sarawak and Sabah Partners Turned a Hung Parliament into a Government

The 2022 general election did not give any coalition a simple majority. Anwar ultimately led a Unity Government composed of Pakatan Harapan, Barisan Nasional, GPS, GRS, and others; this solved the cabinet formation arithmetic, but also forced the reform camp to explain: by cooperating with the long-criticized UMNO, how principles would not be swallowed by the deal.

Unity Government and Reform · Life · 4 min read

Who Is Muhyiddin Yassin? From UMNO Deputy to Pandemic Prime Minister after Sheraton

Johor Menteri Besar, deputy prime minister, Bersatu leader, eighth prime minister, and how a thin-majority government ruled during COVID-19

Muhyiddin rose for decades inside UMNO, serving as Johor Menteri Besar and deputy prime minister, before breaking with Najib over 1MDB and helping form Bersatu. After the Sheraton Move in 2020, he became prime minister, but had to govern through a pandemic, a thin majority, and an emergency controversy; to understand him is to understand how the old system recombined after the 2018 turnover.

Unity Government and Reform · Debate · 11 min read

Chinese Political Parties in Reformist Coalitions: Stay or Leave?

Broken coalition promises and successive electoral defeats—is staying in government one more day pushing reform from within, or simply eroding credibility? Six debaters, open debate, and three observers

In August 2026, the largest Chinese political party within Malaysia's reformist coalition held a special party congress to vote on whether to remain in Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's unity government. The catalyst was the August 1 Negeri Sembilan state election, in which the reformist coalition secured only 11 of 36 seats, losing decisively to a coalition of UMNO and allied parties. Those favouring continued participation argue that withdrawal would hand victory to a more conservative opposition, endangering minority communities; those advocating exit contend that unresolved corruption cases, repeated delays in Attorney-General reform, and unfulfilled promises mean staying merely exchanges trust for empty seats with no substantive negotiating power.