COMMENT | Election fears, hopes and plot to topple PM

COMMENT | Is there a plot to topple Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob? Who is surprised if there is one?

After all, didn’t we see two plots in two years which saw two prime ministers being forced to step down over that short span of time?

Funnily enough, Bersatu has denied orchestrating a political coup to oust Ismail Sabri as alleged by former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak.

Is there a need for such a denial really? Surely, this will not be the last of such allegations.

Bersatu information chief Wan Saiful Wan Jan asked if Najib was attempting to distract the country's attention away from a court verdict on his appeal in the SRC International case.

"Najib said Bersatu was plotting to topple the prime minister. I deny it. This is slander," Wan Saiful said in a statement.

Well, perhaps Najib reserved the right to talk down a wounded Bersatu following Umno/BN’s landslide win in the Malacca polls.

It is also interesting that some quarters in Umno are persuading Ismail Sabri to dissolve Parliament to pave the way for...