COMMENT | The upcoming state polls in Pakatan Harapan-controlled states are going to determine how much power Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has left in Umno, which also determines how long this unity government survives.

All these wonderful committees the prime minister of Madaniville is setting up means bupkis.

Harapan has to play defence and keep its territories. Meanwhile, Perikatan Nasional (PN) really does not have much to worry about when it comes to the states it controls.

The reality is that the “ketuanan system” is more flexible when it comes to power-sharing only because rewards trump any form of good governance...