00:00An analyst believes PAS is trying to keep Perikatan Nasional together by refusing to admit new members
00:07as allowing any party linked to Hamza Zainuddin to become a component could cause the coalition to fall apart.
00:14Shaza Shukri of International Islamic University Malaysia said PN's decision to form electoral pacts with external parties
00:22instead of making them components was an effort to strike a balance between Bersatu and Hamza.
00:27She said this would allow PN, currently led by past Vice President Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar,
00:33to negotiate electoral pacts with political parties, even an entity linked to Hamza.
00:39Shaza added that Bersatu would be pressured into accepting a PN electoral pact with Hamza's faction
00:45as not doing so would lead to clashes at the polls and a split in support.
00:50Academy Nusantara's Azmi Hassan said this formula might ensure stability in the short term
00:56but would bar PN from adding new components and strengthening the coalition.
01:01Azmi added that Bersatu's opposition towards admitting new PN components
01:05showed that Hamza and his faction were still a major concern for Muhyiddin Yassin and his party.
01:12Hanyujo, FMT.
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