I refer to Sadirah K's letter , in which the writer exhorts us to transcend the politics of communalism and division into ethnic groups, and suggests that perhaps Anwar Ibrahim and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) are potential leaders of Malaysia. Although I would love to see a united Malaysia as much as the next person, I cannot help but feel Anwar and PKR represent poor choices for future leaders of our nation.

PKR was created to serve as an outlet for Anwar's numerous political supporters to call for his release. Once Anwar's release was secured, the party lost its way. They have no idea what to do next.

None of the major opposition parties have any real plans to tackle the country's issues should they obtain power. Their manifestos extend only as far as opposing the majority of the policies the ruling party currently has in place.

PKR, much like the DAP, also compromised its values by joining the Barisan Alternatif, which was lambasted by more than a few for being built around Barisan Nasional's communalism (PAS/Keadilan for the Malays, and DAP for the non-Malays).

Joining hands with PAS, a purely Malay party (at least in terms of membership) represents a serious compromise of Keadilan's principles, if Keadilan is indeed built on a foundation of multi-ethnic politics.

Anwar Ibrahim himself is a rather questionable figure too. Lest we forget, most of his political career was spent as a member of Umno, a party built on communalism, and lately, corruption and cronyism (let's call them the Three Cs).

Strange how Anwar waited only until Dr Mahathir Mohamad got serious about throwing him out to start revolting against the Three Cs. After all, he never did question them before (as far as we know) and there's no evidence of him ever trying to reform Umno from within either.

Let's not get confused. I believe it's long been overdue that we do something about communal politics in Malaysia. However, I do not believe it is right to expect the lame duck opposition to get started on this. There is no strong leader among PKR or the DAP who can build a solid platform with strong principles.

All the current parties have skeletons in their closets as well; the DAP is based on Singapore's PAP, which isn't all that popular here while PKR was designed to rescue Anwar, and that was all it was ever meant to be. PAS has a thing for an Islamic state which isn't exactly desired by many voters. And the Barisan Nasional parties? It's needless to even list down the stigmas associated with the BN.

However, hastily jumping from the frying pan into the fire isn't all too desirable either. Let's not be rash - voting for a party without a plan is just as bad, if not worse, than voting for a party consisting of politicians who plan to steal.

DAP and PKR should stop acting like petty people with nothing better to do than criticise, and lay out a clear roadmap of how they will lead this country if and when they take power (hopefully).

They cannot expect to be opposition forever, for as long as that is all they expect of themselves, that is all the voters will ever expect of them.