COMMENT | There is a call by top Pakatan Harapan supporters like former attorney general Tommy Thomas and former Bar president Ambiga for Harapan to be given the first go to form a government because it is the coalition that has garnered the most seats in the 15th general election (GE15).

This is purportedly based on the Westminster model of democracy, along which our democracy is modelled.

And this call is gaining traction among lay supporters of Harapan, dejected that the coalition failed to obtain the 112-threshold to form the government with a simple majority or more than 100 seats as confidently predicted by PKR deputy president Rafizi Ramli for it to cross the threshold by combining with other coalitions.

All these look like a desperate attempt to prevent PN from forming the government with other coalitions.

And this desperation is seen when Singapore’s The Straits Times (ST) reported a while ago that political enemies PKR president Anwar Ibrahim and Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi met in an eleventh-hour talk as the palace deadline loomed...