COMMENT | With all the political U-turns, inconsistencies, resignations and in-fighting among the opposition, Barisan Nasional has stayed the course and remains the only choice for moderation in our multi-racial, multi-religious and multi-cultural nation.

Malaysians must be tired of the instability within the opposition, the changing of guards and horse-trading within the opposition. Many are now seeing that BN is the coalition that is the umbrella of moderation, whereby all components will hold their wild horses back and allow moderation to prevail.

MCA, as the second largest component party in BN, undertakes the role and is seen as the check and balance within BN. In the past, MCA played this role effectively within Perikatan until they were heavily defeated by DAP.

This is why it is important that DAP is not allowed to destroy this political equilibrium that has served the nation well in managing its plural society. In the past, DAP had destroyed the political equilibrium within Perikatan, leading to its early demise. In the 1969 general elections, DAP’s overwhelming victory over MCA had weakened then prime minister Tunku Abdul Rahman.

It was later replaced by BN, of which was a result of compromises made to PAS by Umno, as a result MCA's weakening...