You know Anwar Ibrahim is game over when Fahmi Fadzil, his clueless Information Minister cum Propaganda Minister responsible for blocking portal, alternative news media and social media critical of the Prime Minister, lies and denies speculation of an early nationwide poll despite the dissolution of the state legislative assemblies in Johor and Negeri Sembilan.
And you know PM Anwar also lies when he desperately distracts attention, insisting that his unity government’s focus is to continue its duties in governing the country. After all, it was him who opened his big mouth and declared that he would consider calling for snap polls if tensions within his ruling alliance got worse. Now that Johor UMNO has called for a state election, he plays dumb and chickens out.
It’s hard to imagine how the Premier could still stubbornly refuse to dissolve the parliament when even Sarawak has started beating the war drum – hinting that the next state election could be called within the next 100 days. With Johor, Negeri Sembilan, Sarawak, and possibly Melaka going for early local elections, Anwar is facing pressure not only from once dominant UMNO in Peninsular, but also Borneo.
Last week, veteran MP Hassan Abdul Karim painted a grim picture of the future for the PKR, describing the party as “wounded, injured, severely battered, and losing a lot of blood”. It’s not hard to understand why the outspoken PKR MP has “spoken ill” about his own party under the leadership of Anwar. The Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR or People’s Justice Party) is indeed in a deplorable state.
First, Johor UMNO announced that Barisan Nasional alliance will “go solo”, will contest all 56 seats in the next Johor state election, and will leave no space for cooperation or negotiation with Premier Anwar Ibrahim’s ruling coalition – Pakatan Harapan. A poor poker player, Anwar threatened to hold elections for the whole country on May 17 at the national convention of Pakatan Harapan in Johor.
But even after 10 days later, Mr Anwar, who is also the Pakatan Harapan chairman, said he has yet to meet Zahid Hamidi, UMNO president and Deputy Prime Minister, over the Johor polls. It’s absolutely hilarious that a Prime Minister has to take a number for an appointment with his own deputy. Either the PM was terrified to meet his deputy, or Zahid did not want to see his boss Anwar.
Johor Chief Minister Onn Hafiz Ghazi called Premier Anwar’s bluff – decisively dissolved the state legislative assembly on June 1, a public holiday. Onn Hafiz again insisted that UMNO-led Barisan Nasional will contest all 56 seats as announced on May 17. The PM pretended nothing happened and said his focus was to run the country, conveniently forgetting his earlier threat to retaliate with a national election.
Then, it was Zahid’s turn to call Anwar’s bluff. Barisan Nasional is not changing course from its plans to contest all seats in the upcoming Johor state election, despite Pakatan Harapan chief Anwar Ibrahim’s desire to work out a deal to avoid clashes, announced Zahid. In fact, the Barisan Nasional chief said he is in the midst of finalising the list of candidates for all 56 seats.
Of course, Anwar can’t look weak by crying like DAP Youth, begging the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) not to go solo. So, the PM keeps quiet and dares not criticize UMNO openly. In truth, there’s nothing much Anwar or his loyal subservient ally Democratic Action Party (DAP) could do even after being played, manipulated, exploited, backstabbed and betrayed by UMNO.
UMNO was much cleverer and cunning in politicking than both Anwar and DAP chief Anthony Loke combined. While UMNO said it will not share power with Pakatan Harapan in Johor, UMNO president Zahid said Barisan Nasional is open to forming a unity government with Pakatan Harapan in Negeri Sembilan after the polls. UMNO’s strategy is both simple and selfish.
In states where it is strong, UMNO wants to rule on its own. But in states where it is weak, UMNO wants to tag with Pakatan Harapan (or whoever is dumb enough to share power with the power-crazy UMNO). On the contrary, in states where it is strong, Pakatan Harapan idiotically invites UMNO to tag along. But in states where it is weak, Pakatan Harapan whines and occasionally asks for crumbs from UMNO.
To prevent from being labelled a traitor, forked-tongue UMNO leaders have stated that the unity government will remain intact “until the end of its term”. Barisan Nasional supremo Zahid Hamidi has been more equivocal, affirming that his coalition is comfortable working with unity government members while also stating it is “almost certain” to contest the next general election alone.
Yes, UMNO-led Barisan Nasional is showing its courage, dignity and strength even though it has won only 30 parliamentary seats in the 15th General Election. On the other hand, PKR-led Pakatan Harapan is showing its cowardice, disgrace, and weakness even though it had captured 82 seats in the same November 2022 national polls. This is why UMNO continues to bully PKR, DAP and Amanah.
It was already bad that narcissist Anwar is indecisive, incompetent, racist, untrustworthy, yet shamelessly demands blind obedience, credit and respect. The emperor who wears no clothes wanted everyone to kiss his ring despite poor leadership. It now becomes worse when the PM-obsessed Anwar is trapped with no good options as UMNO finally makes its move to checkmate him.
If he dissolves the parliament now to hold concurrent state and federal elections in order to encourage higher voter turnout, an early election could benefit Anwar’s coalition, with the country’s opposition in disarray. Still, his coalition – Pakatan Harapan – is unlikely to retain its 82 seats won in 2022, whilst at the same time cut short Anwar’s five-year term to about four years.
However, if the national election is dragged till next year to stretch his 5-year term to the maximum, Anwar may potentially lead Pakatan Harapan to a bigger loss due to domestic economic factors, external political uncertainties, and the strengthening of Bersama. Giving more time and space for Bersama to grow would be the biggest mistake that could destroy Anwar’s party PKR.
Anwar is having sleepless nights largely due to Bersama rather than UMNO or opposition parties. Parti Bersama Malaysia (BERSAMA) or Malaysian United Party (MU), a smaller party launched by Rafizi Ramli and Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, who left the ruling coalition after disagreements and disputes with Anwar’s leadership and lack of reforms, would directly challenge Anwar’s Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR).
MU’s appeal is to new, undecided voters. But it is also an alternative choice to disgruntled voters in Barisan Nasional, Pakatan Harapan, as well as opposition Perikatan Nasional camps. Malaysia’s recent elections have each been shaped by multi-cornered contests and splits in the Malay vote, in which younger, less partisan voters could swing the outcome.
Splitting the urban vote in PH strongholds does not guarantee victories for Bersama, but it surely will give PKR a run for its money. It’s not rocket science that Rafizi’s immediate target is to convert PKR’s voters to Bersama’s voters – slowly but surely replacing PKR as the new reformist party. It would be a disaster to Anwar if Bersama manages to snatch away some of Pakatan Harapan seats in the upcoming Johor election.
There are 56 seats in Johor state assembly, with 40 (two-thirds majority) currently held by Barisan Nasional (BN), 12 by the Pakatan Harapan (PH) pact led by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, three by Perikatan Nasional (PN) and one by Malaysian United Democratic Alliance. Although BN is aligned with PH at the federal level, they are rivals at the state level in Johor and Melaka.
In 2022, out of the 20 seats PKR contested, the party managed to secure only the Bukit Batu constituency, won by their candidate Arthur Chiong Sen Sern. That’s a success rate of only 5%. Even then, Arthur won with a razor thin majority of only “137 votes”. With Chinese voters increasingly disillusioned with DAP, even the Democratic Action Party is facing difficulty retaining the 10 seats it captured in 2022.
It doesn’t help that UMNO and PAS are – openly and actively – holding talks to revive the national cooperation between the Malay nationalist party and the Islamist party, glorified as “Muafakat Nasional” under the pretext of Malay-unity. While UMNO is playing Pakatan Harapan like a yo-yo, it is also preparing “Plan B” to form the next federal government with PAS.
Anwar risks losing both the conservatives he courts and the reformists who brought him to power. The fake reformist brilliantly schemed to make his daughter the Deputy President, only to see his incompetent daughter drove PKR to annihilation in Sabah, sinking not only PKR but also DAP, while at the same time causing sidelined Rafizi to quit and form Bersama to create troubles for PKR.
Heck, PKR may lose even its crown jewel – Selangor – thanks to Anwar’s racism and obsession to Islamize the non-Malays, especially the Chinese community. From cracking down on Hindu temples to demolishing pig farming, the Pakatan Harapan government in Selangor has quietly prepared guidelines that says new non-Muslim houses of worship must not be taller than any mosque in the same or neighboring development area.
Adding salt to the wound, the weak and cowardly leadership of Anthony Loke saw DAP working hand-in-glove with PKR and Amanah to restrict, undermine, bully and destroy non-Muslim houses of worship in Selangor. With friends like Anwar Ibrahim and Chinese traitors like DAP, it doesn’t matter whether the despicable Madani government calls for a snap polls this year or 2027. A surprise is awaiting Pakatan Harapan.
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June 6th, 2026 by financetwitter
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