Readers generally welcome the Sarawak state election results which saw the opposition making considerable gains at the expense of the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition. “The reason the opposition made big gains,” says one reader, “was the complete absence of social justice cutting across racial and religious lines and the failure to keep promises made. The run-up to the MIC elections also gets the attention of readers with the focus on the ongoing tussle between the party’s deputy president S Subramaniam and its supremo S Samy Vellu. “It is time for Samy to go,” notes one reader.