COMMENT | There is a movement gaining traction that urges us not to criticise Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim because that would weaken him and cause his fragile Madani coalition to collapse, if not now then at the polls, and the alternative catastrophe to come into power.

Many commentators, myself included, don’t believe it, not because we want to see him fall - many of us don't - but to point out that if he does not match words with deeds and stop sidelining his own party and immediate coalition partners, he will be in trouble.

There are two crucial parts to this, both so important that one cannot be excluded from the other - they need to move together, hand in hand and overcome adversity as one to avoid non-fulfilment of the rakyat’s wishes and eventual loss at the polls.