COMMENT | The problem with working with Umno

“With so much chaos, someone will do something stupid. And when they do, things will turn nasty.”

- Alan Moore, V for Vendetta

COMMENT | DAP’s Anthony Loke is correct when he says that depending on how the next general election turns out, the political class in this country will need to reconfigure the political power system and this would mean, Umno and the DAP collaborating in some way.

Here is the thing. It makes sense for the two parties that represent the “Malays” and the “Chinese” to collaborate on the political front. However, the problem is that for decades the DAP has been the whipping boy for Umno.

Umno leaders or at least those who have left the fold have made public statements acknowledging that the demonisation of the DAP was...