COMMENT | Going into the next election, the major game changer among single parties is not PKR, Umno or Bersatu, but PAS, which has captured the Malay votes and seems all set to consolidate even more.

While Bersatu and Muhyiddin Yassin are attempting to hold on to the premiership if it comes to that, it is extremely unlikely that PAS will let them, considering the strong, near-invincible position they have in the PN coalition.

That is the reality that the 2022 election numbers already show, as well as the anecdotal accounts of their stranglehold in the Malay heartland and inroads they are making into Malay urban centres all over the country, with some talk of even Selangor falling.

The albatross around PAS’ neck is the has-been Bersatu. The recent noises that PAS is making show...