=== Tawaran Anwar Ibrahim bagi jabatan perdana menteri ===
Dalam konferensi pers pada siang 23 September, Anwar menyampaikan kepada wartawan dengan mengumumkan dan mengklaim bahwa dia telah memiliki mayoritas yang kuat, tangguh, dan meyakinkan dan selanjutnya mengklaim bahwa administrasipemerintahan federal Perikatan Nasional (PN) yang dipimpin oleh Perdana Menteri Muhyiddin Yassin" telah jatuh.<ref>{{cite "web |title=Anwar claims to possess solid majority, declares Muhyiddin's reign over |url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/543700?utm_source=mkini_desktop|website=MalaysiaKini |access-date=23 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Anwar Ibrahim says he has 'strong majority' to form a new government in Malaysia |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/malaysia-anwar-ibrahim-strong-majority-form-new-government-13136908?cid=telegram_cna_social_28112017_cna |website=ChannelNewsAsia |access-date=23 September 2020}}</ref> Namun, Anwar juga mengungkapkan bahwa rencananya audiensibertemu dengan Yang di-Pertuan Agong kemarin pada 22 September telah ditunda karena rawat inap Agong untukmenjalani menerimarawat pengobataninap karena keracunan makanan dan cedera olahraga di NationalInstitut HeartJantung InstituteNegara (IJN) pada 21 September.<ref>{{cite web |title=King admitted to IJN for treatment |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/09/22/king-admitted-to-ijn-for-treatment |website=The Star |access-date=23 September [132]2020}}</ref> Ketika Anwar Ibrahim bertemu Agong pada 13 Oktober, dia menyerahkan jumlahbukti 120 anggota parlemen mendukungnya kepada Agong, tetapi tidak menyampaikan nama semua anggota parlemen yang mendukungnya.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Krishnan|first=Dhesegaan Bala|date=2020-10-13|title=Istana Negara: Anwar did not submit names of '120' MPs {{!}} New Straits Times|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/politics/2020/10/631948/istana-negara-anwar-did-not-submit-names-120-mps|access-date=2020-10-16|website=NST Online|language=en}}</ref>
=== Penarikan sokongan terhadap pemerintahan dan pernyataan darurat ===
OnPada 13 DecemberDesember 2020, veteran UMNO veteran [[Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah]] heldmengadakan akonferensi jointpers pressbersama conferencedengan withsaingan his longtime rivallamanya [[Mahathir Mohamad]], where heketika publiclyia declaredhismenyatakan rejectionpenolakannya ofterhadap theAPBN 2021 budgetyang tableddiajukan byoleh Muhyiddin and both men declared the [[Perikatan Nasional|PN]] government illegitimate.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Phovera|first=Adib|date=2020-12-14|title=Ku Li: PN is not a legitimate government {{!}} New Straits Times|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/politics/2020/12/649364/ku-li-pn-not-legitimate-government|website=NST Online|language=en}}</ref> Razaleigh did not attend the subsequent budget vote held on 14 December, which was won by the government with 111 ayes against 108 nays.<ref>https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Malaysia-in-transition/Malaysia-s-Muhyiddin-narrowly-passes-final-budget-vote-test</ref>
With building dissatisfaction within the party ranks over a number of issues, Members of Parliament from [[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]] began to publicly call for withdrawal from the [[Perikatan Nasional|PN]] coalition government. Minister of Federal Territories [[Annuar Musa]], who was firm in his stance of "no Anwar, no DAP" with regards to political cooperation, was sacked on 5 January 2021 as Barisan Nasional Secretary General. Annuar's successor [[Ahmad Maslan]] publicly called for a general election and labeled ongoing court cases against leading UMNO figures as "cruel".<ref>https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2021/01/08/najib-clarifies-ahmad-maslans-cruel-court-cases-remark/</ref> Annuar himself later alleged in a press conference that a number of UMNO MPs backed by UMNO President [[Ahmad Zahid Hamidi]] are planning on leaving Perikatan Nasional to form a coalition government with [[Democratic Action Party|DAP]] and possibly other [[Pakatan Harapan|PH]] component parties.<ref>https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2021/01/06/sacked-as-bn-sec-gen-annuar-accuses-zahid-of-steering-umno-to-conspire-with/1937841</ref> The statement was denied by both former Prime Minister [[Najib Razak]]<ref>https://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/najib-dismisses-annuar-claim-umno-094815443.html</ref> and DAP Secretary-General [[Lim Guan Eng]].<ref>https://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/guan-eng-rejects-annuar-musa-111549222.html</ref>
