COMMENT | You know what I find really strange? All these political personalities are saying that Pakatan Harapan is doomed if Najib Abdul Razak is pardoned because they will lose the “people's” support.

They never say that Harapan will fall because political operatives from Harapan will abandon the unity government if Najib is pardoned.

Indeed, to any rational observer, Lim Kit Siang made a tactical booboo by wading into Najib’s pardon bruhaha because it only shines a spotlight on the deafening silence of Harapan political operatives, especially the DAP, when it comes to Najib’s possible pardon.

Indeed, all it did was give Umno a talking point against the DAP reviving old narratives that some in Umno want to carry on.

Lim is right though when he says that Najib walking free only benefits Bersatu and PAS. I have said the same. But what if both of us are wrong? What if Najib rejuvenates Umno? How would this play out in the new political terrain where alliances are now needed to run the country?

And look, Umno needs the DAP for the moment because it needs leverage in this unity government. The only reason why...