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Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 13

Hamzah Zainudin Launches Parti Wawasan Negara Ahead of Malaysia's Next General Election

Updated

Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 13

Hamzah Zainudin Launches Parti Wawasan Negara Ahead of Malaysia's Next General Election

Q: Is Malaysia's main opposition coalition on the brink of collapse just two years before the general election?

Yes. Perikatan Nasional, Malaysia’s main opposition coalition, looks close to breaking apart in its current form, even if some form of opposition pact may survive. The clearest sign is PAS’s decision this week to end political cooperation with Bersatu, the coalition’s other main pillar. That is not a minor dispute: PAS is the stronger grassroots force, while Bersatu has been weakened by a long internal feud around Muhyiddin Yassin and the expulsion of Hamzah Zainudin. Analysts widely see PAS’s move as a signal that PN, as voters have known it, is no longer stable. Hamzah’s launch of Parti Wawasan Negara sharpens that crisis. His new party is explicitly seeking cooperation with PAS and Gerakan, and PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang’s visible support suggests Hamzah may become PAS’s preferred Malay nationalist partner. That would further sideline Bersatu rather than repair the old coalition. The practical issue is electoral math. If PAS, Bersatu and Hamzah’s bloc contest separately, opposition votes in Malay-majority seats could split badly. That gives all sides an incentive to negotiate seat arrangements before the election due by February 2028. So a total collapse is not inevitable; a looser electoral pact remains possible. But as of now, the evidence points to a coalition in severe disarray, not a functioning government-in-waiting. The more accurate reading is that PN is on the brink of collapse in its present form and heading toward a major realignment around PAS.

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Hamzah Zainudin unveiled Parti Wawasan Negara on Saturday, adding a new force to Malaysia’s opposition realignment before the next general election.
Kelantan hosted the launch at a Reset Convention event, where Hamzah said the movement aimed to rebuild the country.
Parti Wawasan Negara will work with other opposition groups including the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party and Gerakan, underscoring a broader contest for influence across the opposition bloc.