Perikatan Nasional

Since the morning of 23 February 2020, a faction from Parti Keadilan Rakyat led by its deputy president Azmin Ali who also served as Minister of Economic Affairs, BERSATU's Supreme Council, Muafakat Nasional of Malaysian Islamic Party-United Malays National Organisation pact retreat, UMNO's own Supreme Council, and GPS's member of the parliament; all held separate meetings in various locations.[13] These meetings, particularly that of BERSATU and Azmin Ali's faction led to rumours that the formation of a new governing coalition was being undertaken.[14] Later in the evening, an entourage of party leaders including Azmin, BERSATU President and then-Minister of Home Affairs Muhiyiddin, UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, PAS president Hadi Awang, GPS chairman Abang Johari Openg and Parti Warisan Sabah president Shafie Apdal arrived at the Istana Negara to seek an audience with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong[15] It was rumoured that the leaders were there to brief the Agong about the formation government and to declare their support for a new prime minister, effectively blocking PKR's president Anwar Ibrahim from the position.[16][17] Once the meeting had concluded, several opposition party leaders, including UMNO's Ismail Sabri Yaakob and PAS's Hadi Awang then joined Azmin's supporters at Sheraton Hotel in Petaling Jaya.[18] The purpose of the gathering was later revealed to be a dinner event called "Majlis Makan Malam Muafakat Ahli Parlimen" celebrating the achievement of a "consensus" among MPs, of which 131 were in attendance, from both the government and opposition.[19][20] This sparked controversy as people began to wonder of the purpose and meaning of the event, causing a split in the Pakatan Harapan coalition. The events that day were dubbed the "Sheraton Move",[21] and it was known as one of the longest Sundays in Malaysian politics.[22]

It was later confirmed by former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mohd. Najib Abdul Razak, that he, as well as MPs from the UMNO, signed statutory declarations in support of the then-Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad lead an alliance called Perikatan Nasional; however, their agreement was conditional.[23]

On the following day, Azmin Ali and PKR vice-president Zuraida Kamaruddin were sacked from the party, as announced by secretary general, Saifuddin Nasution Ismail that afternoon,[24] as several other members of the party announced their departure from the party in solidarity with the two.[25] Following this, Mahathir announced his resignation from his position as Prime Minister,[26] and BERSATU President, Muhyiddin Yassin, announced that the party would officially leave the Pakatan Harapan coalition.[27] This caused the coalition to lose its majority in the Dewan Rakyat, marking the downfall of the almost 2 year old Pakatan Harapan government.[28]

The royal palace announced that the Agong had accepted Mahathir's resignation and appointed him as interim Prime Minister in order to oversee the country's administration until the formation of a new government.[29][30]

Having other plans in mind, Mahathir decided to call for all MPs to unite under a non-partisan unity government, where all parties in parliament would take part in the government.[31] This was rejected by almost every other party as they refused to be in the same government as their rivals, most notably Muafakat Nasional (UMNO and PAS) and the DAP. Muafakat Nasional called for the dissolution of the parliament and snap elections, stating that the only solution was by letting the people choose the government.[32]

To resolve the issue, the Agong summoned every member of the Dewan Rakyat for an audience so that he may interview each of them personally so as to determine who had the support of the majority of parliament to form a new government as Prime Minister. This is because Article 43 (2) (a) of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia states that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong shall need to appoint the Prime Minister from among the members of the Dewan Rakyat, who in his judgment is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the parliament. However, none of them gained the majority support of the parliament, that is at least 112 members, since Barisan Nasional and PAS voted for the dissolution of the parliament, while Pakatan Harapan and BERSATU named Anwar Ibrahim and Mahathir respectively.

On the afternoon of 28 February, BERSATU Secretary-General Datuk Marzuki Yahaya announced that all of its 36 MPs have decided on nominating party president Muhyiddin for the position of Prime Minister instead of Mahathir.[33] However, a number of BERSATU MPs later denied that they had nominated Muhiyiddin and were still supporting Mahathir. In the evening, both Barisan Nasional and Muafakat Nasional also announced their support for Muhiyiddin to succeed Mahathir as the next Prime Minister.[34] This was soon followed by claims made by political analysts in Sabah and Sarawak that local parties such as GBS, GPS, and Warisan intended to support Muhiyiddin as Prime Minister, securing him a majority in parliament.[35]

On the evening of the 29 February 2020, the Agong announced that Muhyiddin had gained majority support and was appointed as the 8th Prime Minister of Malaysia. He was sworn in the following day at Istana Negara.

The official logo of the Coalition Government, the National Alliance Government before being registered as an official political party in August 2020.[36]

The official logo of National Alliance after registered as an official political party in August 2020.[36]

This coalition previously preceded by the Malaysian Party Alliance Association or also known as the Persatuan Perikatan Parti Malaysia (PPPM).[7] This association was led by two leaders. The Malaysian Party Alliance Association (PPPM) was led by Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Datuk Seri Panglima Jeffrey Gapari Kitingan (Leadership from, 3 March 2020 - 24 March 2020).[37]

On 17 May 2020, the leaders of BERSATU, BN, PAS, GPS, PBS, and STAR issued a joint statement saying that all their 111 MPs support formalising the Perikatan Nasional alliance which was previously an ad hoc agreement and also a political association. The parties' leaders also announced that they had been working on a memorandum of understanding to facilitate cooperation within the PN alliance. Key provisions of the MOU include upholding the Malaysian Constitution, the sovereignty of the Malay Rulers, the principles of Rukun Negara, and ensuring the welfare and interest of Malaysians of all religions and race.[38][4] The Registrar of Societies (RoS) confirmed on 14 September 2020 that Perikatan Nasional was registered on 7 August 2020 as Parti Perikatan Nasional (lit. Perikatan Nasional Party).[39]

GERAKAN Party joined the coalition after GRS Alliance Party won in 2020 Sabah state election and became the 5th major-component in Perikatan Nasional.

The first participation in an election for the National Alliance Party is in the 2020 Sabah state election. The party has made its first appearance in Sabah and won 17 state assembly seats, supporting the GRS Alliance Party. After the first appearance in the 2020 Sabah state election, the party then made a second appearance in the 2021 Malacca state election, and then made a third appearance in the 2022 Johor state election.

• Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR), (2020–2022)
• Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sabah (Sabah BERSATU), (2020–2022)[note 1]
• Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP), (2020-2022)

Perikatan Nasional have 74 MPs in the Dewan Rakyat as shown below.

State	No.	Constituency	Member	Party
Perlis	P001	Padang Besar	Rushdan Rusmi		PAS
	P002	Kangar	Zakri Hassan		BERSATU
	P003	Arau	Shahidan Kassim		PAS
Kedah	P004	Langkawi	Mohd Suhaimi Abdullah		BERSATU
	P005	Jerlun	Abdul Ghani Ahmad		PAS
	P006	Kubang Pasu	Ku Abdul Rahman Ku Ismail		BERSATU
	P007	Padang Terap	Nurul Amin Hamid		PAS
	P008	Pokok Sena	Ahmad Saad Yahaya		PAS
	P009	Alor Setar	Afnan Hamimi Taib Azamudden		PAS
	P010	Kuala Kedah	Ahmad Fakhruddin Fakhrurazi		PAS
	P011	Pendang	Awang Hashim		PAS
	P012	Jerai	Sabri Azit		PAS
	P013	Sik	Ahmad Tarmizi Sulaiman		PAS
	P014	Merbok	Mohd Nazri Abu Hassan		BERSATU
	P016	Baling	Hassan Saad		PAS
	P017	Padang Serai	Azman Nasrudin		BERSATU
	P018	Kulim-Bandar Baharu	Roslan Hashim		BERSATU
Kelantan	P019	Tumpat	Mumtaz Md. Nawi		PAS
	P020	Pengkalan Chepa	Ahmad Marzuk Shaary		PAS
	P021	Kota Bharu	Takiyuddin Hassan		PAS
	P022	Pasir Mas	Ahmad Fadhli Shaari		PAS
	P023	Rantau Panjang	Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff		PAS
	P024	Kubang Kerian	Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man		PAS
	P025	Bachok	Mohd Syahir Che Sulaiman		PAS
	P026	Ketereh	Khilir Mohd Nor		BERSATU
	P027	Tanah Merah	Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz		BERSATU
	P028	Pasir Puteh	Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh		PAS
	P029	Machang	Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal		BERSATU
	P030	Jeli	Zahari Kechik		BERSATU
	P031	Kuala Krai	Abdul Latiff Abdul Rahman		PAS
	P032	Gua Musang	Mohd Azizi Abu Naim		BERSATU
Terengganu	P033	Besut	Che Mohamad Zulkifly Jusoh		PAS
	P034	Setiu	Shaharizukirnain Abdul Kadir		PAS
	P035	Kuala Nerus	Alias Razak		PAS
	P036	Kuala Terengganu	Ahmad Amzad Hashim		PAS
	P037	Marang	Abdul Hadi Awang		PAS
	P038	Hulu Terengganu	Rosol Wahid		BERSATU
	P039	Dungun	Wan Hassan Mohd Ramli		PAS
	P040	Kemaman	Che Alias Hamid		PAS
Penang	P041	Kepala Batas	Siti Mastura Mohamad		PAS
	P042	Tasek Gelugor	Wan Saifulruddin Wan Jan		BERSATU
	P044	Permatang Pauh	Muhammad Fawwaz Mat Jan		PAS
Perak	P054	Gerik	Fathul Huzir Ayob		BERSATU
	P056	Larut	Hamzah Zainudin		BERSATU
	P057	Parit Buntar	Mohd Misbahul Munir Masduki		PAS
	P058	Bagan Serai	Idris Ahmad		PAS
	P059	Bukit Gantang	Syed Abu Hussin Hafiz Syed Fasal		BERSATU
	P061	Padang Rengas	Azahari Hasan		BERSATU
	P067	Kuala Kangsar	Iskandar Dzulkarnain Abdul Khalid		BERSATU
	P069	Parit	Muhamamd Ismi Mat Taib		PAS
	P073	Pasir Salak	Jamaluddin Yahya		PAS
	P074	Lumut	Nordin Ahmad Ismail		BERSATU
Pahang	P081	Jerantut	Khairil Nizam Khirudin		PAS
	P082	Indera Mahkota	Saifuddin Abdullah		BERSATU
	P083	Kuantan	Wan Razali Wan Nor		PAS
	P086	Maran	Ismail Abdul Muttalib		PAS
	P087	Kuala Krau	Kamal Ashaari		PAS
	P088	Temerloh	Salamiah Mohd Nor		PAS
	P091	Rompin	Abdul Khalib Abdullah		BERSATU
Selangor	P092	Sabak Bernam	Kalam Salan		BERSATU
	P093	Sungai Besar	Muslimin Yahaya		BERSATU
	P094	Hulu Selangor	Mohd Hasnizan Harun		PAS
	P095	Tanjong Karang	Zulkafperi Hanapi		BERSATU
	P109	Kapar	Halimah Ali		PAS
	P112	Kuala Langat	Ahmad Yunus Hairi		PAS
Putrajaya	P125	Putrajaya	Radzi Md Jidin		BERSATU
Malacca	P134	Masjid Tanah	Mas Ermieyati Samsudin		BERSATU
	P136	Tangga Batu	Bakri Jamaluddin		PAS
	P139	Jasin	Zulkifli Ismail		PAS
Johor	P143	Pagoh	Muhyiddin Yassin		BERSATU
	P154	Mersing	Muhammad Islahuddin Abas		BERSATU
Labuan	P166	Labuan	Suhaili Abdul Rahman		BERSATU
Sabah	P183	Beluran	Ronald Kiandee		BERSATU
Sarawak	P205	Saratok	Ali Biju		BERSATU
Total	Perlis (3), Kedah (14), Kelantan (14), Terengganu (8), Penang (3), Perak (10), Pahang (7), Selangor (6), F.T. Kuala Lumpur (0), F.T. Putrajaya (1),F.T. Labuan (1), Negeri Sembilan (1), Malacca (3), Johor (2), Sabah (1), Sarawak (1)