“The UEC issue is often sensationalised by politicians as a big issue, when in reality it only involves a small number of students. This matter needs to be clarified so that UEC does not continue to become a political issue that divides society.”

– Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli

COMMENT | PKR leader Rafizi Ramli is correct when he asserted that this whole Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) fiasco is political dopamine.

The question is not why DAP is bringing this up now, but rather why the party is not bringing up every other issue of compromised governance that it was supposed to reform.

The UEC issue is the dog ate my homework of excuses for not doing what you are supposed to be doing.

DAP and the Malay uber alles political establishment understand exactly what their roles in this debate are supposed to be. DAP is seen as championing a “Chinese” issue, and the other side is seen as protecting “bangsa and agama” (race and religion).

Let us say that Rafizi has got the figures right when it comes to who exactly is affected by the UEC. The question is, is this the hill DAP wants to die on?

But here is the thing, DAP knows that this isn’t really about the UEC. This is all...