R.I.P. Pakatan Harapan
It’s not 100% certain yet … not until the Prime Minister gets the consent of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, and some sort of announcement is made. Nevertheless, the writing on the wall is crystal: Pakatan Harapan is dead and with it the dream of Malaysia Baru and Anwar Ibrahim’s hope of becoming the country’s eighth PM.
But why and how did this all happen, and what occurs next?
In other news – and let’s face it, everything else is way, way, way behind the No. 1 story today in terms of importance and priority – all 34 charges against the LTTE 12 get dropped, and the EPF announces modest dividends that most people seem okay with.