MELAKA: The sharp exchanges between Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Barisan Nasional (BN) during the state election campaign may not end on polling day, but analysts believe the federal Unity government would survive them.

Political analyst Prof Dr Wong Chin Huat said the increasingly heated exchanges reflect strains that could continue until Parliament is dissolved, rather than disappear once campaigning ends.

He said support from Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) and Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) provides Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim with political leverage, limiting BN’s ability to use the threat of withdrawing from the administration as a bargaining tool.

“The PH-BN relationship is and will remain tense at the federal level until Parliament is dissolved.