COMMENT Life is full of rude ironies. What was initially billed as the ‘Kajang move’ has turned into a ‘Keadilan hurdle’ and, by extension, a ‘Pakatan pandemonium’. What was thought to be an easy pushover of a political novice has proven to be anything but.

At one stage, the seemingly harmonious Pakatan Rakyat alliance appeared to be on the verge of collapse.

Obviously, the crisis that’s haunting Selangor at the moment has caught not only the attention and interest of Pakatan’s political rivals and the media people, but also Selangor residents and other concerned Malaysians outside of the troubled state, the richest in the federation.