COMMENT | Should Pang Sock Tao win in Kuala Kubu Baharu, she will become the fifth young women representative in Selangor - joining the ranks of Lim Yi Wei, Michelle Ng, Wong Siew Ki and also Jamaliah Jamaluddin, who currently serves as a state executive councillor overseeing public health and green technology.

Notably, all four of these representatives are under 36 and are already serving their second term as assemblypersons.

It's not the first time I've praised DAP's talent development structure and leadership succession pathway.

Some if not many of them, in their mid-20s, begin as local councillors, then progress to become state assemblypersons, then excos, and eventually, MP.

While not all of them follow the exact similar path which is essentially their trajectory of talent development and leadership succession, figures such as Seputeh MP Teresa Kok, Puchong MP Yeo Bee Yin and Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh have followed the traditional path, ascending from state legislature (assemblyperson, exco, speaker) to federal positions, including ministerial roles.

From my observations, the entry point often...