PAS recently issued an open invitation to Anwar Ibrahim to contest the Kota Baru parliamentary seat in Kelantan.

While this may seem attractive to some quarters, especially those within Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) who like the idea of a 'safer' seat for Anwar, I want to argue that this strategy, while probably beneficial to him personally, would be detrimental to the party's public image, its long term direction and most importantly, the future of opposition politics in Malaysia.