COMMENT | It’s election fever in Sarawak! While no one knows the date of the 12th Sarawak state election, election talks are heating up and the old and wannabe politicians have started to be noisy.

At times, unnecessarily noisy that they have become irritating and annoying.

Yes, it is true and I have said it. There is less political tension and stress in Sarawak. In a lot of ways, Sarawak politics is milder and less personal.

Nonetheless, too much of politics in the public sphere, the unending upheavals and wrangling, in particular, can become a nuisance and get on people’s nerves.

I must concede that I have very little patience for politicians jumping from one party to another, particularly when they could not get what they want before an election.

Such politicians give me the creeps and I prefer not to read about their...