COMMENT The inevitable exit of Abdul Khalid Ibrahim as the menteri besar of Selangor marks the end of a turbulent and sorry phase in our country’s political history.

In his last official address, the outgoing political leader told his audience of state civil servants to ignore the political drama and to let politicians do war with one another. Khalid also stated that their drama will eventually become a joke.

Perhaps Khalid was not aware of the supreme irony of his statements. The consensus of informed judgment among non-politicians, as well as from professionals in the legal fraternity and from the academia, is that it was Khalid himself who brought about the needless drama.