“I respect them as they are my coalition partners in government,” he said in an obvious reference to Umno reiterating its hope that Najib would be freed in the wake of his apology.

- Jelutong MP RSN Rayer

COMMENT | Previously, former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak brought down Umno, which could not withstand the sustained attacks by the Malay political elites.

And as analyst Bridget Welsh rightly argued against the grassroots, which felt betrayed, Najib would bring down the Madani regime.

As it is, Umno is running riot, with its continued insistence on freeing a convicted felon by implying that avaricious...