COMMENT | Yes, it looks terrible that Umno president and Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has been let off his corruption charges.

It smells, indeed it stinks of backroom political deals.

Some are proclaiming the end of the Madani ideals. Others call to boycott Pakatan Harapan in the next elections.

People are angry. And they have every right to be.

But honestly, were we so naive to believe that this would not eventually happen when Zahid agreed to throw the 30 BN MPs he controls to support Harapan? To form the unity government?

Is it right? No. But...