Rival-turned-ally Umno, and allies-turned-rivals Rafizi and Nik Nazmi, may force the prime minister to call an early election
But with his five-year tenure due to expire in less than two years, members of his ragtag unity government have begun to revert to old positions to reclaim support from their respective voter bases unhappy with the political compromises they made just to join the coalition.
“If the drums of war are being beaten and people want to start a war, we are ready and we will fight,” he said at the PH annual convention in Johor.