COMMENT | What do I mean when I write even former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak may not be able to save Pakatan Harapan?

Well by this I mean that Harapan’s failure to carry out most of its reforms, its fractional politics played out in the press, the machinations of the old guard to retain power, its racial and religious politics which is the same as BN’s and the never-ending blame game trumps whatever value Najib has as the “destroyer” of Malaysia.

Remember the Rantau by-election? This is what Mohamad Hasan said of his comfortable win in that by-election, "There was non-stop attack against Najib as though he was the candidate." He also said this, "In other constituencies, people can say Umno won because there are a lot of Malay votes, (but that is not the case here)."

Honestly, the way how I see some Harapan partisans suffer from the "Najib Derangement Syndrome", part of this is ignoring the reality that the current prime minister was accused by the then opposition of the very same things Najib is accused off.

While I have no idea if corruption perception means anything, I know that for many folks who support BN – all political support is a deal with the devil, if you ask me – the perception is that Harapan is going after its political rivals and this, in turn, gets sympathy from people who for years were not exposed to the kind of educational opportunities available to the urban populace and instead fed a diet of racial and religious claptrap.

Wait a minute, what exactly is Harapan doing to remedy this?

Lim Kit Siang and a host of other political operatives reminding people of the sins of Najib is not going to cut it anymore. As I said, people know what Najib did. The question is...