‘Never explain, never apologise’ goes a refrain that purports to be wisdom for those wanting to make it big in any arena where the rules of the game are hazy.

Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim yesterday flew in the face of this amoral advice when he explained and apologised for some of the selections he made in the March 2008 general election.

He told some 1,000 PKR and DAP supporters who attended the party’s Lunar New Year open house at Rifle Range in Air Itam that he apologised for mistakes in the selection of candidates at the last GE and shed insight into how...