COMMENT | Xavier is not a victim, he is a volunteer

“A crazy country, choking air, polluted hearts, treachery. Treachery and treason.”

- Naguib Mahfouz

COMMENT | When it comes to PKR possibly bleeding more MPs, I have no sympathy for Pakatan Harapan. In fact, when it comes to how Anwar Ibrahim of late has persecuted this conflict with the PN regime, it seems like some sort of crude karma, that PKR is haemorrhaging MPs.

When the PKR president was going on with his ludicrous counter-coups, which never materialized, and when the old maverick was accepting MPs from Umno back when Harapan was squirming uncomfortably in the hot seat, nobody was taking the issue seriously believing the good times were here to stay. Who knows what kind of "inducements" were offered for the leaps of faith".

Admittedly, Kuala Langat MP Dr Xavier Jayakumar's decision to throw in with the PN regime is disappointing, and if what secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail says is true about Xavier being "targeted", his departure makes his association with this backdoor government more sinister...