COMMENT One swallow does not make a summer; neither does the entry of two former Umno stalwarts make the DAP a less Chinese dominant party.

Still, the decision of former Pulau Manis assemblyman Mohd Ariff Sabri of Umno and of Aspan Alias, formerly of Negeri Sembilan Umno, to join the DAP would go some distance in deflecting criticism that the party is a turnoff to Malays.

The DAP’s Anthony Loke and Liew Chin Tong, two of the more personable MPs in the party, are to be congratulated on the success of their efforts at enlisting Sabri and Aspan to their cause...