Managing State-Federal Relations

Since the Sheraton Move in 2020 which led to the fall of the Malaysian government, many state governments in the federation have held their elections separately from the central government. This has resulted in a dynamic political situation in which coalitions have been formed in different ways at different times in different states. At present, there are seven states ruled by the Pakatan Harapan-Barisan Nasional (PHBN) grand coalition, while four states are under the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coa