COMMENT | The Pulai parliamentary by-election registered a record-low turnout of 47 percent.

Yet because Pakatan Harapan retained the seat - as it did the Simpang Jeram state seat - some Pakatan Harapan-BN supporters are cheering it as a turning point for the Green Wave.

Some even think that Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) is the right political move and that Najib’s DNAA should be on the card for Umno’s revival.

Unfortunately, such optimism is not supported...