COMMENT With all the infighting within Pakatan Rakyat, one cannot be faulted for thinking that perhaps replacing BN at the federal power is still a distant scenario.

Over the last two general elections, the Anwar Ibrahim-led opposition bloc appeared to be inching closer to Putrajaya.

In 2008, Pakatan denied the ruling coalition, for the first time in history, a two-third majority in Parliament and seized control of several states.

In the following national polls five years later, BN lost the popular vote.

Opposition supporters reveled, smelling victory in the air whereas their rivals were nauseated by the lingering stench of defeat.

BN is riddled with problems, chief of them being the future of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak who is now facing a brewing rebellion within Umno. Whereas, the component parties are on life support, fighting to remain relevant....