KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said he believed that the unity government will continue in the current term and beyond the next general election.
He said this in an interview with Free Malaysia Today at the Prime Minister's Office.
Anwar said he is is confident in the stability of the unity government.
"For now, things are a bit settled. It's politically stable. I think the coalitions are working together and we are talking even beyond this term of office.
"If we remain tough and consistent with our policies, then I believe we will get the mandate (from the people) to proceed," he said according to a Free Malaysia Today report today.
He said it "would augur very well" for the country if the unity government continued in office.
He said he would complete his second year in office on Nov 24, surpassing the tenures of his predecessors Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob and Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who served fewer than 18 months as prime minister.
"We are quite comfortable in that sense," he said.
The unity government was proposed by the then Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, as a solution to Malaysia's first-ever hung Parliament after the 15th General Election (GE15).
It was formed with the support of several political parties and independent MPs after GE15 in November 2022.
The four major coalitions that comprise the unity government are Pakatan Harapan (PH), Barisan Nasional (BN), Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) and Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS).
Several party leaders have also hoped that the cooperation between PH and BN will continue beyond the next elections.
In July, DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke said the PH-BN collaboration in recent by-elections had sufficiently shown that the unity government was solid.
Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi had also hinted that the pact would continue in GE16 and beyond, although BN has yet to make an official decision on an alliance for the general election.
This is despite Perikatan Nasional's repeated claims that the public, especially the Malays, do not support BN and PH working together in the unity government.
The opposition has also alleged that Islam was under threat and that the Malays have been left behind under the unity government.