For the third time since 2018, the nation is experiencing a quiver in the political landscape. In the first, voters were heralded as kingmakers after dethroning the six-decade-old BN government.

Twenty-two months later, the second tremor hit in the form of a political coup orchestrated at the onset of a global pandemic, in which Parti Gabungan Sarawak (GPS) played a pivotal role to tilt the balance in favour of Perikatan Nasional.

Seventeen months later, foes, who had turned friends, turned into foes again, resulting in the latest judder which comes as Malaysia records a death toll of more than 13,000 from Covid-19.

GPS, with 18 lawmakers in its stable, appears to be...