COMMENT | Some folks think that what Tony Pua said was some sort of truth-telling but he should not have said it at this crucial juncture. It is not.

What the former Damansara MP said at that fundraiser is exactly the kind of pap that some supporters want to hear but which does not reflect reality. And more importantly, it serves no strategic purpose at all, which is disappointing since in the political game, strategy trumps policy.

The reality is that Pakatan Harapan and the DAP hooked up with Bersatu when it was led by the architect of the racial and religious malfeasances in this country, hooked up with PAS when it was led by the benign Tok Guru (the late Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat) and no doubt would have hooked up with Umno sooner or later.

As DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke rightly put it...