COMMENT | Whether the Bersih gathering is next week or next month, there should be no holding back on the public gathering that is of monumental importance to Malaysians.

It has taken ordinary Malaysians to realise that the Madani government of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is full of fluff but lacks substance.

The reforms promised when Anwar was the opposition leader have been conveniently swept aside in the interest of political expediency.

He has been in office for slightly more than a year but reforms have already disappeared from the radar.

Meanwhile, DAP and PKR - who were staunch participants in the earlier Bersih rallies - are as quiet as the proverbial church mice.