Nineteen months after Pakatan Harapan seized Putrajaya from BN, the DAP has taken a beating over the perception that it has not been able to resolve several key issues affecting its supporters.

DAP has been besieged by issues involving the detention of its own members under draconian laws like Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma), the teaching of khat (Jawi calligraphy) in vernacular schools and the slashing of government funding for Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TAR UC), an MCA-owned institution...