00:00UMNO and Barsan Nacional could be dealt a reality check on how much they need Pakatan Harapan support
00:06if PAS makes headway in the upcoming Johor and Negeri Sembilan state elections, a political analyst said.
00:13Akademi Nusantara's Azmi Hassan said UMNO already wields extensive dominance and far-reaching influence
00:20in Johor, the party's birthplace, making it easier for BN to contest the state polls on its own.
00:26Although BN is confident of bettering its two-thirds majority win in 2022,
00:32Azmi warned that UMNO-BN is not as formidable in several other states, including BN-led Pahang and Perak.
00:39His comments come amid rising tensions between the two coalitions as BN and PH announced they will go solo
00:46in the Johor and Negeri Sembilan state elections, while BN Chairman Ahmad Zahir Hamidi also said the
00:53coalition is almost certain to contest the next general election on its own.
00:58O.E. Sun of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs said the key factor that would determine
01:04the continuity of BN and PH's alliance was their willingness to form a coalition government after
01:10the polls. He believed this willingness was very much intact in both coalitions, adding that whether
01:16any attempt to collaborate or go their own way in elections would merely be a tactical choice.
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