COMMENT Principles and democracy won an early victory yesterday morning, when Abdul Khalid Ibrahim was sworn in as menteri besar of Selangor.

Malaysiakini readers, #KhalidForMB tweeps and other netizens should all know what a big role they played in making this happen.

I say ‘early victory' because the troubles over this appointment on the PKR side may point to a larger battle looming ahead.

What fellow-writer Terence Netto has written may illustrate the fault lines of that battle perfectly...