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DAP lawmaker Ramkarpal Singh has questioned Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari over alleged Pakatan Harapan leadership discussions with Perikatan Nasional and Bersatu, claiming DAP was kept in the dark about potential alliance moves.
Umno leadership has cautioned political partners about the dangers of external interference in coalition arrangements, drawing parallels to past alliance breakdowns that weakened the Malay-Muslim political bloc.
Malaysian politics increasingly features 'frenemies'—parties that ally in federal government while competing fiercely in state elections. Barisan Nasional, Pakatan Harapan, Umno, and PAS exemplify this paradox of pragmatic partnership masking underlying rivalries.
Barisan Nasional's deputy chairman Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan has rejected suggestions that supporting BN would indirectly empower PAS through the coalition's arrangement with Perikatan Nasional.
PAS treasurer-general Iskandar Abdul Samad has stressed that sincerity and shared vision are vital to maintaining the party's coalition with Umno, while cautioning against attempts by Bersatu to create divisions.
A Barisan Nasional polling centre in Klawang has been shut in protest after the coalition ceded the seat to Perikatan Nasional, signalling internal friction within the electoral arrangement, Umno's state chief revealed.
Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has disputed Tan Sri Annuar Musa's characterisation of Bersatu's separation from Perikatan Nasional, particularly regarding the Negri Sembilan state election dispute.