Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin’s resignation as Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairman confirms what has long been obvious. The coalition is cracking from within. They are currently in disarray, directionless, and held together only by personal ambition.

The fallout does not stop there. Muhyiddin “loyalists” in Bersatu, Mohamed Azmin Ali and former Johor Menteri Besar Sahruddin Jamal have also quit key positions.

They are just following a lost, delusional leader rather than attempting to save or steer the coalition toward relevance.

We all know Bersatu is paralysed by internal power struggles. Their deputy president and opposition leader Hamzah Zainuddin’s has openly positioned himself to topple his own president, Muhyiddin, leaving the party weak. This internal crisis alone is a mess by itself. Dragging an entire coalition into that dysfunction turns PN into a political joke.

PAS, despite being the party holding the largest number of seats in PN, they continue to be treated like a step-child, while Bersatu, a relatively new but shrinking party, insists on running the show. Now, that imbalance has fueled resentment and public spats between the two parties.

The Perlis crisis exposed PN’s dysfunction further. PAS assemblyman Shukri Ramli was forced out as Menteri Besar and replaced by Bersatu’s Abu Bakar Hamzah. The backlash from PAS leaders was swift, with accusations of betrayal and weakness openly aired.

Lawmakers and assemblymen routinely defy party lines, while defections, suspensions, and sackings have become standard. Discipline, coherence, and strategy are all absent in PN.

Speculation now points to PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang taking control of PN. But rather than a fresh start, this risks pushing the coalition further to the fringes, amplifying extremist agendas and alienating moderate voters.

PN is no longer a credible alternative. It is a loose collection of parties driven by self-interest, loyalty to fading leaders, and internal jockeying, not by public service or national vision.

Muhyiddin’s exit, followed by his loyalists, is not a reset. It is the final confirmation of PN’s irrelevance. The coalition’s survival now depends less on governance or policy and more on whether it can endure the ambitions and grievances simmering beneath its surface.