LEADER 03756nam 22005052 450 001 9910810032303321 005 20220512013913.0 010 $a981-4881-90-2 024 7 $a10.1355/9789814881906 035 $a(CKB)4100000011341640 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6259466 035 $a(DE-B1597)567767 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789814881906 035 $a(OCoLC)1164496461 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_85261 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9789814881906 035 $a(iGPub)ISEASB0000791 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011341640 100 $a20211001d2020|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWhy did BERSATU leave Pakatan Harapan? /$fWan Saiful Wan Jan 210 1$aSingapore :$cISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (44 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aTrends in Southeast Asia 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Dec 2021). 311 0 $a981-4881-89-9 327 $tFront matter --$tFOREWORD --$tEXECUTIVE SUMMARY --$tINTRODUCTION --$tPRE-GE-14 DYNAMICS --$tPOST-ELECTION DYNAMICS --$tTHE OUTCOME --$tCONCLUDING REMARKS --$tAPPENDIX 1: Coalition Agreement Between Pakatan Harapan And Bersatu --$tAPPENDIX 2: Peninsular Malaysia Parliamentary Seat Allocation Within PH 330 $aThe Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition won Malaysia's 14th general election on 9 May 2018, the first time a regime change took place in the country. However, it lost its majority in late February 2020, when Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (BERSATU) left the coalition. The four parties in PH had very different ideologies, especially when it comes to issues of race and religion. But despite taking various steps to create a coalition agreement, the more fundamental differences were never reconciled during the coalition's time in power. PH won GE-14 with a relatively low level of support from the ethnic Malays, who perceived it to be a coalition dominated by the mainly Chinese DAP. Fearmongering about how PH and the DAP were a threat to Malay privileges further weakened PH while in government. Furthermore, BERSATU disliked the possibility that Parti Keadilan Rakyat (KEADILAN) president Anwar Ibrahim might succeed Mahathir Mohamad as prime minister. They did not trust Anwar to champion the Malay agenda if he became prime minister. BERSATU decided as early as in 2019 to explore leaving PH to form a new Malay-led government, and saw the departure as a necessary step for a better chance at winning GE15. This was a controversial decision and it created a major rift within BERSATU itself, with party chairman and then Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad refusing to accept the party's decision to leave PH. Following Mahathir's sudden resignation on 24 February 2020, BERSATU immediately announced their departure from PH. This led to a series of events that culminated in the collapse of PH and the formation a Perikatan Nasional government led by the three biggest Malay parties, UMNO, BERSATU and PAS. The whole episode shows that any coalition or political parties that wish to govern Malaysia must not ignore sentiments among the Malays, especially those in rural areas. 410 0$aTrends in Southeast Asia. 606 $aElectoral coalitions$zMalaysia 607 $aMalaysia$xEthnic relations$xPolitical aspects 607 $aMalaysia$xPolitics and government 615 0$aElectoral coalitions 676 $a320.9595 700 $aSaiful Wan Jan$cWan,$01593625 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810032303321 996 $aWhy did BERSATU leave Pakatan Harapan$93913849 997 $aUNINA