COMMENT | It is difficult to know where to begin, because every which way you look, Malaysia appears to be falling apart at the seams. Although things are looking bad for the government, it is worse for the opposition.

They have lost focus, they are disenchanted, they are fighting among themselves, they appear to be broken and directionless.

The ruling government is a mess but if the Opposition were half as good as they are now, they could have breezed in and taken over Putrajaya.

The fact that they cannot do this, just shows that they are in an even worse state than PN.

So what's wrong with Malaysia? Where does one start? A resident of Kuala Lumpur would drive to work in the morning, but by lunchtime, would wish to have a sampan, to navigate the floodwaters, which have turned some roads into raging rivers.

Residents cannot continue living with this uncertainty, especially after they are told that hundreds of millions of ringgit have been allocated for flood defences, flood mitigation measures and clearing of drains and river sluices...