COMMENT | If Anwar Ibrahim’s political travails in the past two decades can be encapsulated in less than five words, it would read "from prison to Putrajaya". Ahmad Zahid Hamidi seemed to be travelling in the opposite direction before making a sudden U-turn.

This comes as no surprise since the nation’s political landscape is now littered with "U-turn" signs after most of the "One Way" and "No Entry" signs erected in the past have been removed.

The Umno president has completed an assignment given to him 24 years ago - make Anwar the prime minister. Sources claim his detractors are painting him as a saboteur who never lost sight of...