Muafakat Nasional

The National Concord (Malay: Muafakat Nasional; abbrev: MN) is a Malaysian political coalition that was formed between the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) and United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) against the then-ruling Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition which had came into power after the 2018 Malaysian general election (GE14).[1][2] The political cooperation between the two largest Malay-Muslim-based parties was officialised with the signing of the Piagam Muafakat Nasional (National Cooperation Charter).[3] The five-point charter was signed by PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang and UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi in the Himpunan Penyatuan Ummah (Ummah Unity Rally) held at Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC), Kuala Lumpur on 14 September 2019.[4][5] Its main aim is to unite the Muslim community or Ummah for electoral purposes.[6][7]

National Concord Muafakat Nasional
Malay name	Muafakat Nasional موافقت ناسيونل
Abbreviation	MN
Presidential Council	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi Abdul Hadi Awang
Secretariat Council	Ahmad Maslan Takiyuddin Hassan
Founder	Abdul Hadi Awang
Founded	14 September 2019
Headquarters	Pejabat Maufakat Nasional, Menara Dato’ Onn, Putra World Trade Centre, Jalan Tun Ismail, 50480 Kuala Lumpur
Newspaper	Berita Harian, Harian Metro, Harakah
Student wing	Mahasiswa Maufakat Nasional
Youth wing	Pemuda Muafakat Nasional
Women's wing	Wanita Muafakat Nasional
Membership	United Malays National Organisation Malaysian Islamic Party
Ideology	Ketuanan Melayu National conservatism Islamic conservatism Islamism
Political position	Right-wing
Religion	Sunni Islam
Colours	Green and Red
Slogan	Muafakat Rakyat Penyatuan Ummah ("National Concord, The Unification of the Ummah")
Dewan Negara	18 / 70
Dewan Rakyat	56 / 222
Dewan Undangan Negeri	258 / 607
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Despite calls for Muafakat Nasional to be institutionalised and become more inclusive towards Barisan Nasional (BN) and Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) where UMNO and PAS are major component parties respectively, there has been no formal agreement with the other parties in both coalitions to migrate to Muafakat Nasional.[8][9][10] The new Muafakat Nasional coalition had planned to be formalised at its inaugural convention to be held by May 2020.[11][12] A permanent secretariat of the pact was set-up at UMNO's headquarters located at PWTC in May 2020.[13]

Muafakat Nasional has officially extended an invitation to Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) led by its President and Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin then to join the alliance in July 2020.[14] On 15 August 2020, Muhyiddin reaffirmed that the party will join the alliance.[15] But albeit it has agreed to join MN, a ruling party then, BERSATU had also formed another new coalition, Perikatan Nasional (PN).[16][17]

On 3 April 2021, Wan Saiful Wan Jan the Information Chief of BERSATU revealed that the party had agreed to join the alliance, but received no official response from either UMNO or PAS.[18]

On 30 January 2022, ahead of the 2022 Johor state election, former prime minister who is also BN adviser, Najib Abdul Razak has disclosed BERSATU was never been included as a part of the MN alliance although it had signed an agreement to join MN in August 2020 because the party had in less than three weeks, betrayed UMNO during the 2020 Sabah state election which BERSATU's newly formed PN coalition had also contested 17 seats in rival of BN.[19]