How will Muhyiddin wax lyrical about the success of its cooperation with Umno and PAS, till it was dumped by the former, and now it grovels to recent opponents in order to have an electoral chance to win? And, oh yeah, forsakes PAS in order to get into bed with Amanah and DAP. What was that, Malay unity before anything?

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Muhyiddin is being cast as a politician who would have to explain a sharp shift from Malay unity politics to alliances with former rivals.

The question is framed as a hypothetical criticism, not as a confirmed event. It says Muhyiddin Yassin would need to justify cooperation with Umno and PAS, his later rejection by Umno, and a move toward Amanah and DAP for electoral advantage, while also accounting for his earlier talk of Malay unity.
The scenario begins with cooperation, then turns to rejection
The setup says Muhyiddin would first praise the success of working with Umno and PAS. It then says that cooperation ended when Umno dropped him, leaving him to seek support from recent opponents.
Amanah and DAP are presented as the new partners
The scenario says he would be turning to Amanah and DAP to improve his electoral chances. That shift is described as abandoning PAS in the process, which is the core contradiction being raised.
Malay unity is used as the point of tension
The question ends by challenging how such a move could be squared with Malay unity rhetoric. It treats “Malay unity before anything” as the standard that would need to be defended if Muhyiddin moved from PAS toward Amanah and DAP.
The broader criticism is about political consistency
The wider passage argues that these kinds of shifting alliances create contradictions when old rivals are brought together. It also says politics in this setting is being reduced to arithmetic, where more parties are assumed to mean more votes, even when their supporters may not accept the combination.

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