Lately, as opposition party members race to score points given the host of challenges and failures facing the present ruling party, several observations indicate that the opposition party leaders and their party members need to think outside the box.

Firstly, if all the opposition party members agree and are convinced that the nation needs salvation from an alleged corrupt ruling party, then for the love of God, King and rakyat, they should get their cooperative spirit consolidated. They should put aside their man-made party fundamentals that are divergent from one another and work together for the betterment of the nation's onward progress.

The more the leaders try to scream and stubbornly stick to their so-called party policies, the more the voters are going to be disillusioned and feel betrayed.

What good is it to the nation if the leaders of DAP, Keadilan and PAS are unable to come together to help build a nation on a clear, transparent slate of collaborative accountability but instead proclaim and propagate a divisive stand?

Therein lies the lead advantage for their opponents - the ruling present party.

Putting aside personal pride, party flavours and ideologies is not a weakness. For what matters right now is a clear, consolidated collaboration that can champion the nation's quest to move forward without being crippled by corruption and prejudices and a misguided democracy.

What is of paramount and of significant importance is an anchoring on the principal of 'Unity in Diversity'. If any one of the opposition parties is not capable of collaborating for the greater good, then that party is also no good on its own steam either.

That, in essence, is the crux of an effective, sound and successful leadership. And therein, too, lies a stark reality given our country's unique racial and religious mix.