COMMENT Yesterday, I wrote of a new approach to articles - one where I posit a hypothesis, and use future articles to investigate or argue the validity of the said hypothesis.

Yesterday’s hypothesis was this: the current troubles Malaysia is facing are best understood as the result of a power vacuum.

Today, I will elaborate on some of the most recent cases that led me to this conclusion. I will examine cases involving the Barisan Nasional, Majlis Agama Islam Selangor, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and Pakatan Rakyat...