COMMENT | Lim Guan Eng’s endorsement of Rais Yatim to be the new law minister is perhaps the most cynical attempt at dethroning the Perikatan Nasional (PN) regime I have witnessed so far. And believe me, there are doozies to choose from, as Pakatan Harapan has attempted to exploit anything, or anyone, to kick PN off the Putrajaya hot seat.

Think about it. The DAP secretary-general really said that Rais Yatim is the kind of political operative that fits this description – “The nation needs leaders who are committed to upholding the law for the benefit of the people, not politicians who are interested only in protecting their perks and privileges of office.”

Now, I have to believe that Lim Guan Eng really does not believe that Rais Yatim fits his description of the kind of leaders this country needs, so what he said about Rais fitting the role of one the few honest men in Putrajaya is just political theater.

Of course, we are in the middle of a pandemic, a war if you like, which we are losing, so I have no idea why such statements are issued. Politics is of course a cynical game, but this is just so craven, it feeds into the Malay uber alles narrative that the DAP are a bunch of sycophants willing to do or say anything to remove the PN regime.

And let us not get into the whole constitutional argument that...