COMMENT | When I first heard about how the Pakatan Harapan government’s popularity rating was only 46 percent, I had sudden anxiety. Supporting the Harapan government feels like holding onto a tight rope sometimes but the risk of collapse becomes higher when others also holding on give up.

And now when more and more people withdraw their support for the Harapan government, it is worrying. My anxiety stems from knowing that the alternative of an Umno-PAS government would be worse. That would be a government that is comfortable with ...