Following triumphant collaborations in the Cameron Highlands and Semenyih by-elections, the Umno-PAS marriage is now in a honeymoon phase with both parties appreciative of each other’s strengths and voter base.

This leaves MCA and MIC in the unenviable role of jilted lovers forced to pick up the pieces. To make matters worse, their strength and influence is only a tiny fraction of what it was just a decade ago...