=== Penarikan sokongan terhadap pemerintahan dan pernyataan darurat ===
Pada 13 Desember 2020, veteran UMNO [[Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah]] mengadakan konferensi pers bersama dengan saingan lamanya [[Mahathir Mohamad]], ketika ia menyatakan penolakannya terhadap APBNBelanjawan 2021 yang diajukan oleh Muhyiddin anddan bothkeduanya menmenyatakan declaredpemerintahan thePakatan [[PerikatanHarapan Nasional|PN]] governmenttidak illegitimatesah.<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 didtidak notmenghadiri attendpemungutan thesuara subsequentBelanjawan budgetberikutnya voteyang helddiadakan onpada 14 December,Desember whichyang wasdimenangkan wonpemerintah bydengan the111 governmentsuara withmendukung 111berbanding ayes108 against 108suara naysmenolak.<ref>https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Malaysia-in-transition/Malaysia-s-Muhyiddin-narrowly-passes-final-budget-vote-test</ref>
WithDengan buildingmembina dissatisfactionketidakpuasan withindi thedalam partyjajaran rankspartai overterhadap asejumlah number of issuesisu, Membersanggota ofparlemen Parliamentdari from [[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]]beganmulai tomenyerukan publiclysecara callterbuka foruntuk withdrawalmundur fromdari thepemerintahan [[Perikatan Nasional|PN]] coalition government. Minister ofMenteri FederalWilayah TerritoriesPersekutuan [[Annuar Musa]], whoyang wastegas firmdalam in his stance ofpendiriannya "notiada Anwar, notiada DAP" withsehubungan regardsdengan tokerja politicalsama cooperationpolitik, wasdipecat sacked onpada 5 JanuaryJanuari 2021 asdari jabatan Sekretaris Jenderal Barisan Nasional Secretary General. Annuar'sPenggantinya successor [[Ahmad Maslan]]publiclysecara calledterbuka formenyerukan apenyelenggaraan generalpemilihan electionumum anddan labeledmenyebut ongoingkasus courtpengadilan casesyang againstsedang leadingberlangsung terhadap tokoh UMNO figuresadalah as "cruel"kejam.<ref>https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2021/01/08/najib-clarifies-ahmad-maslans-cruel-court-cases-remark/</ref> Annuar himselfsendiri laterkemudian allegedmenuduh indalam akonferensi presspers conferencebahwa thatsejumlah aanggota number ofparlemen UMNO MPsyang backeddidukung byoleh Presiden UMNO President [[Ahmad Zahid Hamidi]]areberencana planning on leavingmeninggalkan Perikatan Nasional tountuk formmembentuk apemerintahan coalitionkoalisi governmentdengan with [[Democratic Action Party|DAP]]anddan possiblymungkin otherpartai [[Pakatankomponen Harapan|PH]]component partieslainnya.<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>ThePernyataan statementitu wasdibantah deniedoleh bymantan bothPerdana formerMenteri PrimeNajib MinisterRazak [[Najib138] dan Razak]]Sekretaris Jenderal DAP Lim Guan Eng.<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>
Machang MP [[Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub]] held a press conference to personally and publicly announced his withdrawal of support for the PN government and resignation as Chairman of the [[Malaysian Palm Oil Board]] (MPOB) and declared he was no longer aligned with [[Perikatan Nasional|PN]] as an MP although his coalition is, on 9 January 2021, resulting in further collapse of the [[Perikatan Nasional|PN]] administration led by Prime Minister [[Muhyiddin Yassin]] after [[Perikatan Nasional|PN]] lost the majority support by commanding the support of only 110 out of 220 MPs (at least 111) in the [[Dewan Rakyat]], [[Parliament of Malaysia|Parliament]]. His withdrawal of support is the second one from his coaliton after the withdrawals of support of [[Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah]] (Gua Musang MP). <ref>{{Cite web|last=Razak|first=Radzi|date=2020-01-09|title=Ku Li: PN is not a legitimate government {{!}} New Straits Times|url=https://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/umno-mp-retracts-support-muhyiddin-123134564.html|language=en}}</ref> Jazlan cited Bersatu's repeated attempts to "bully" UMNO as the primary reason for withdrawing support.
