COMMENT On a day when the Pakatan Rakyat government in Selangor demonstrated it could be responsive to internal criticism of it by unveiling an inclusive budget, its counterpart in Penang came under fire from an ally for alleged lack of consultation.

Despite having only one representative in the state assembly, Penang PAS felt justified enough to launch a diatribe against the state government for supposed marginalisation of the party when it came to policies and appointments...