A weaker Bersatu might not necessarily help the coalition government, instead, it could give PAS a further boost within Perikatan Nasional, warned political scientist Wong Chin Huat.

Speaking at a Malaysiakini forum yesterday, Wong repeated Bersih’s call for constituency development funds, saying that “starving the opposition” could have the effect of weakening Bersatu but strengthening PAS.

“If you starve the opposition, only hardliners will survive. This is because hardliners have...