COMMENT Yesterday, I posed the question whether Pakatan Rakyat can rise to the challenge to decide the political future of not only Sabah and Sarawak but the whole of Malaysia in the 14th general election that must be held in less than five years from now.

In my media statements over the past four days, I had illustrated with facts and figures that the three Pakatan Rakyat parties, DAP, PKR and PAS, had achieved their best parliamentary and state assembly election results not only in Peninsular Malaysia but also in Sabah and Sarawak - at one time helming five state governments in Kelantan, Penang, Selangor, Kedah and Perak - during their tripartite cooperation in the 1999, 2008 and 2013 general elections...