Eight reasons to call Bersatu’s bluff on quit threat

COMMENT | So, The Old Man seems to have cleverly out-foxed everybody in Pakatan Harapan and can choose when (2021? 2023?), if ever, to fulfil (or break) the promise of a power transition to Anwar Ibrahim.

Malaysiakini reported that while DAP and Amanah pressed Dr Mahathir Mohamad for a firm date to step down, it was Anwar who blinked, and backed away when faced with Bersatu’s threat to quit Harapan and bring the government crashing.

Anwar, being a Muslim, has probably never played poker, otherwise, he may have called Bersatu’s bluff. They bet all their chips on destroying the Harapan government, but do they have a royal flush in hand?

In other words, do they have secret weapons to take that great leap into political uncertainty? There are eight reasons to doubt this:...