If Internet chatter was anything to go by, Gerakan, once dubbed the conscience of Barisan Nasional coalition, is among the parties which many commentators have written off as irrelevant.

Today, at its National Delegates Conference (NDC), the naysayers may just have been proven right.

After the curtains came down following the two-day conference, president Dr Koh Tsu Koon held a press conference, which to his surprise was greeted with no questions from some 20 journalists.

“This is the first time in history where there are no questions (after the NDC),” remarked Koh, who laughed off the situation with both arms flailing.