COMMENT | Should Anwar step down? The short answer is “yes” because no political leader is indispensable. We really do not need another Dr Mahathir Mohamad who thinks otherwise.

For the record, Anwar’s career as Malaysia’s opposition leader effectively started on this day exactly 23 years ago, when he was sacked by Mahathir as deputy prime minister.

The longer and the more relevant answer is two inter-related questions: “When?” and “How?”

These questions need to be contemplated by both opposition supporters and other Malaysians who want a healthy multiparty democracy.

The calls for...