COMMENT Splinter parties haven’t prospered in Malaysian politics.

From the Independence of Malaya Party (IMP) of Onn Jaafar in the 1950s to Semangat 46 of Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah’s doing in the late 1980s and early 1990s, splinters of mainline parties glitter on the political firmament for some years before waning into oblivion.

This is a good thing.