What I’m about to write will make many unhappy of course. – Tony Pua

COMMENT | How strange, the last time I considered Tony Pua’s opinion, I argued his take on things was disingenuous. As I argued in that piece, you either make the argument that Perikatan Nasional was an existential threat and kick them out or attempt some sort of bipartisan partnership (distasteful it may be) instead of asking folks to “ponder” the ramifications of Pakatan Harapan’s political blunders.

Keep in mind when these opposition politicians say that they have trust issues with the current Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, these are the same people who were,

1. Telling the rakyat that the Azmin Ali divisions within PKR were the “figment of the imagination of the press,

2. Making policy decisions by giving more to the “Malays” but they could not tell this to the “Chinese”,

3. Placating the ethno religious-political operatives in Harapan so as not to spook the Malays but,

4. More importantly, cracked down on internal dissent by calling Harapan political operatives who disagree with status quo policies as “community heroes” or saboteurs.

Also, keep in mind that Anwar Ibrahim has been sniffing around the "court cluster" attempting to make deals and when he attempted his counter-coup and babbled on about a “strong Malay” core - which basically means that the DAP really does not have a problem with the court cluster if Anwar manages to get a majority. So where are the trust issues when it comes to these charlatans who would no doubt throw anyone under the bus to save their skins?

Getting back to Pua’s argument which has got him into a lot of ...