PKR seems to be suffering from one setback after another. The latest incident where scores of party supporters who left the party in Shah Alam and Selangor following Mohd Ezam Nor's withdrawal from the party doesn't speak well of the party's future just when people are expecting the next general election is looming around the corner.

Anwar Ibrahim with all his charismatic skills, face a tough time rallying his troops to face the general election as one by one his trusted lieutenants leave the party due to various reasons.

PKR, a new opposition party on the block, seems to travel along the same road as Semangat 46 - the party led by one-time strongman of the old Umno, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah. No political party can survive long if the reason of the party formation is because of one man's obsession to form a new party to replace the old one which he left or from which he was kicked out.

The only two opposition's parties that can give the ruling BN a run for its money is still the majority Chinese-base party DAP and the majority Malay-base party PAS, while other smaller opposition parties have a tough time in wining seats, both at the state or federal levels.

Sad to say that after nearly 50 years of independence, our country is still based along the racial lines. Even our former statesman, Onn Jaafar failed to convince the public to support Party Negara, which he led and was multiracial in nature. It suffered a major setback in the 1959 polls.

History is repeating itself and Anwar's PKR is suffering the same fate as Parti Negara and Segamat 46 as BN's divide-and-rule doctrine works every time.

Whether we like it or not, BN will continue to rule despite being mired with scandals and corruption for many years to come unless we have more credible opposition parties with good leaders to make a big dent in BN's armour.

Anwar is tainted by his past associations with Umno and he cannot plead ignorance with the scandals during his time as minister and deputy prime minister under Dr Mahathir Mohamad's rule.

Resign to this fact, folks. Come the next general election, the present regime will still win office, and it would be a miracle if the opposition parties can make the numbers to form the next government to replace BN.

But at least, hopefully those tainted politicians who have abused their power for personal gains will be shown to the door by the party they represent, or the voters in their constituency vote them out of office.