COMMENT | I find it amusing that some politicians and commentators take Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz’s announced party-switching from Umno to PKR so “personal”, with so much emotion invested.

I hope those Malaysians who have felt confused and disillusioned by national politics with the dramas in the past weeks can feel less emotionally disturbed when they can see what these politicians and commentators have left unsaid.

The elephant in the room is straightforward: Zafrul wants to...