Despite the political advances made by PAS, Malays are still in a flux about who has what it takes to take them forward in a changing world yet is able to safeguard their priorities as a community.

THE only person wearing a smile when the Selangor state assembly Speaker dismissed the need for the Selat Klang seat to be vacant was its assemblyman Datuk Abdul Rashid Asari.

Despite having the resources and a superior candidate in Cikgu Joohari, Pakatan could not stop the Malay wave of discontent that carried Abang Abidin to victory in the Sungai Bakap by-election.

THEY put up a good show of big smiles in front of the camera but it is no secret that the Umno president and his deputy are not on the same page.

ONLY one MP in the whole country has voiced support for the call to remove the pension scheme for MPs.

Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul is stuck between a rock and a hard place on the question of whether six Bersatu parliamentary seats should be declared vacant.

This may sound strange but both Perikatan and Pakatan are claiming to be the underdog in Sungai Bakap, which could see the closest fight of the string of by-elections so far.

WHEN the Prime Minister flew off to Japan this week, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan was on board Perdana One with him.

TWO politicians from Umno and DAP have recently emerged as poster boys for the problematic relations between their respective parties.

RUMOURS flew throughout the afternoon about who was leading in the Kuala Kubu Baharu (KKB) by-election, but the first credible signal came from Umno secretary-general Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki, who posted on X that Pakatan Harapan had swept in the early votes.

THE memories have grown jaded, the urgency has worn off and the politicians who championed the quest for answers to the Teoh Beng Hock tragedy have moved on.

​​​​​​​THE most controversial man in Umno, Dr Akmal Saleh, was upset that he has become “campaign material” in the Kuala Kubu Baharu (KKB) by-election.