Mahiaddin Md Yassin

Unity Government and Reform · Treatise · 5 min read

What Is Malaysia Unity Government?

How Harapan, BN, and Sarawak and Sabah Partners Turned a Hung Parliament into a Government

The 2022 general election did not give any coalition a simple majority. Anwar ultimately led a Unity Government composed of Pakatan Harapan, Barisan Nasional, GPS, GRS, and others; this solved the cabinet formation arithmetic, but also forced the reform camp to explain: by cooperating with the long-criticized UMNO, how principles would not be swallowed by the deal.