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A Bersatu assemblyman has likened recent tensions between coalition partners Pas and Bersatu to a married couple bickering, signalling optimism about repairing their fractured relationship within Perikatan Nasional.
Tan Sri Annuar Musa has disclosed his unsuccessful efforts to bridge growing rifts between Pas and competing factions within Bersatu, jeopardizing the stability of the ruling Perikatan Nasional coalition.
A former MCA vice-president has hit back at criticism by suggesting the Democratic Action Party engages in the same performative politics it criticizes, intensifying ongoing political discord.
Political analysts suggest deepening rifts between PAS and Bersatu within the Perikatan Nasional coalition could fracture voter support in Kedah, potentially denying Chief Minister Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor the electoral dominance he has enjoyed.
Senior PAS officials gathered at party headquarters in Kuala Lumpur for an opposition MPs pre-council meeting, underscoring mounting friction with coalition partner Bersatu over ideological and political direction.
Bersatu's leadership has signalled impatience with Perikatan Nasional's coordination efforts, declaring the party will proceed with its own election strategy for Johor without waiting for a formal coalition meeting.
PAS has challenged Bersatu to leave the Perikatan Nasional coalition if the party intends to contest against it in elections, with PAS vice-president Amar Abdullah calling such positioning incompatible with coalition membership.