The new “Grand Coalition” of Barisan-Pakatan
Nevertheless, the success of this whole thing lies in the hands of Anwar Ibrahim, Najib Tun Razak and Lim Kit Siang. These three are going to be the glue to hold the new Grand Coalition together.
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Raja Petra Kamarudin
Over the last few days, there has been “strong” talk about a new “Grand Coalition”. It seems this new Grand Coalition will be a sort of “merger” between Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Harapan (or “part of” BN and PH) and will exclude Perikatan Nasional.
In essence, the key players (or backbone) in this new Grand Coalition will be Umno, PKR and DAP and some of the (main) parties from Sabah and Sarawak. Hence PAS and PPBM will not be part of this new Grand Coalition and will have to face the next general election or GE15 as Perikatan Nasional minus Umno.
The Perikatan Nasional government may have only three months left before the new Grand Coalition of Umno-PKR-DAP takes over
Mat Sabu’s Amanah will be in this new Grand Coalition while Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s Pejuang will not.
The following news reports today more or less sheds some light on what is happening:
1. Umno Must Leave PN Or It Will Perish, Says Najib
2. UMNO ‘Anak Tiri’ Dalam PN, Perlu Keluar Jika Tidak Mahu Terkubur, Kata Najib
3. Hentikan Perbincangan Sulit Dengan Anwar Ibrahim Dan DAP, Kata Zainal Rafique
4. Working With DAP? No Way, Umno Will Never Change Its Stance, Says Hisham
5. Pas Bertekad Pertahankan Kerajaan PN Pimpinan Muhyiddin
6. Annuar Akan Tolak Kerjasama Umno Dengan DAP, Anwar Ibrahim
7. PH Beri Anwar Mandat Untuk Cari Majoriti Dengan Sesiapa Sahaja
8. UMNO Bincang Usul 143 Bahagian Tolak Kerjasama Dengan PPBM Pada Rabu
Farhash has been negotiating the terms of the new Grand Coalition with Najib’s boys since December 2020
Anwar Ibrahim’s Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak has been in intensive discussions with Najib Tun Razak’s boys since early December 2020 to iron out the terms of the agreement.
The move to end Umno’s relationship with Perikatan Nasional will start with a number of Umno branches and divisions from all over Malaysia voicing their opposition to any deal (or continued cooperation) with PPBM and Perikatan Nasional.
This has already started.
It seems some PAS branches and divisions will also soon start protesting against PPBM and Perikatan Nasional to demonstrate “solidarity” with Umno. Attacks will also be made against PAS leaders such as the party President, the Secretary-General, and the Menteris Besar of Kelantan and Terengganu who are being seen as pro-Muhyiddin Yassin and pro-PPBM.
Hadi Awang and his “boys” are soon going to face attacks from the “grassroots”
This may result in some resignations from PAS and could be even see the creation of “Amanah 2.0” like what happened five years ago in 2015.
The narrative will be that the Umno and PAS “grassroots” are not happy with the alliance with PPBM and that the top leadership needs to “listen” to the sentiments of the grassroots. Hence Perikatan Nasional needs to be dissolved and new Grand Coalition needs to be set up to replace it.
If this new Grand Coalition succeeds, and if by March Parliament has not been dissolved yet to make way for GE15, Anwar will push for the ouster of Muhyiddin and his Perikatan Nasional government through a vote of no confidence.
The new Grand Coalition will attempt another vote of no confidence against Muhyiddin before he can dissolve Parliament in March 2021
This was what Malaysiakini reported today:
Presiden PKR Anwar Ibrahim berkata, kini terpulang kepada Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah untuk menentukan sama ada dia memiliki sokongan majoriti untuk menjadi perdana menteri atau tidak.
Ketika ditanya jika dia masih yakin mampu mendapat sokongan Umno untuk menjadi perdana menteri, Anwar berkata perkara itu terpulang pada budi bicara Agong. “Ini proses terus. Saya sudah hantar warkah kepada Yang di-Pertuan Agong.”
It is believed Umno and PAS are badly divided as to whether to continue to support Muhyiddin Yassin and PPBM-Perikatan Nasional or whether to support the new Grand Coalition with PKR and DAP. PKR and DAP, too, may not see unanimous support as many in Pakatan Harapan feel any alliance with Umno may backfire.
The new Grand Coalition of Umno-PKR-DAP is a done deal
Nevertheless, the success of this whole thing lies in the hands of Anwar Ibrahim, Najib Tun Razak and Lim Kit Siang. These three are going to be the glue to hold the new Grand Coalition together.
Of course, there are going to be dissenters who may even leave their respective parties in protest of an Umno-PKR-DAP Grand Coalition. But as long as they can be assured of the support of 135 MPs, the dissenters will be powerless to stop the creation of this new alliance.
