Muafakat Nasional

The National Concord ( ms, Muafakat Nasional; abbrev: MN) was 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). The political cooperation between the two largest Malay/Muslim-based parties was officialised with the signing of the ''Piagam Muafakat Nasional'' (National Cooperation Charter). 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. Its main aim is to unite the Malay/Muslim community or Ummah for electoral purposes.

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. The new Muafakat Nasional coalition had planned to be formalised at its inaugural convention to be held by May 2020. A permanent secretariat of the pact was set-up at UMNO's headquarters located at PWTC in May 2020.

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. On 15 August 2020, Muhyiddin reaffirmed that the party will join the alliance. But albeit it has agreed to join MN, a ruling party then, BERSATU had also formed another new coalition, Perikatan Nasional (PN).

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.

On 30 January 2022, ahead of the 2022 Johor state election, former prime minister who is also BN adviser, Mohd 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.

On 15 December 2022, former Minister of Communication and Multimedia Tan Sri Annuar Musa declared that Muafakat Nasional was no longer a political coalition but a non-governmental organisation. He is also announced the list of the council members of the Muafakat Nasional (MN), including former Selangor UMNO Chairman Noh Omar, former Minister of Home Affairs Zuraida Kamaruddin, Federal Territory President of the Homeland Fighters' Party Khairuddin Abu Hassan, Chinese Muslim scholar Mohd Ridhuan Tee Abdullah, Chairman of the Joint Committee of MCA Kelantan Chua Hock Kuan, and former Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof.

Tan Sri Annuar Musa also announced at the press conference held at the headquarters of "Muafakat Nasional" today that he would continue his political struggle with "National Consensus". He said that within 24 hours after the organization opened for application, there were nearly 10,000 applications, and as of today, there have been nearly 20,000 applications. He emphasized that the "Muafakat Nasional" is a non-governmental organization, not a political party. The principle of recruiting members of this organization is mutual love (Kasih sayang), solidarity (Perpaduan) and mutual respect (Saling menghormati).

Leadership structure

* Chairman:
** Annuar Musa

* Secretary General:
** Shahrul Nizam Yunos

* Work Secretary:
** Mohd Irwan Rizal Ali Napiah

* Deputy Work Secretary:
** Musa Sabri Abd Sattar
** Fariz Hadi

* Committee Members:
** Tengku Idris Sultan Abu Bakar
** Noh Omar
** Zuraida Kamaruddin
** Edmund Santhara Kumar Ramanaidu
** Yahya Ibrahim
** Shamrahayu Abd Aziz
** Mohd Reduan Tee Abdullah
** Wan Azman Wan Abdullah
** Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof
** Khairuddin Abu Hassan
** Sofian Ibrahim
** Aziz Ibrahim
** Zaini Mohamad
** Farah Umirah Paruwis
** Izzat Johari
** Lila Ruzaini Hussain
** Mohd Zuhdi Marzuki
** Siti Faezah Abd Rahman
** Ali Nor Ahlam
** Eizlan Yusof
** Jasper Supah
** Junaidy Abd Wahab
** Budiman Zohdi
** Zurihan Yusof
** Tun Faisal Ismail Aziz
** Mohamad Azam Ismail
** Chua Hock Kuan
** Subash Chandarabose

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Political party alliances in Malaysia
Political parties established in 2019
2019 establishments in Malaysia