COMMENT | Even as Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim launched a tirade against Umno for threatening to contest against Pakatan Harapan, he was facing a far more serious threat as former ministers Rafizi Ramli and Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad resigned from PKR, throwing their weight behind a resurrected Parti Bersama Malaysia.

It was a masterful stroke by the duo which threw a huge spanner into the Madani coalition and raised serious implications for the next election - GE16 - which is very likely to be called soon, to, among other things, stop the new Bersama from gaining quick momentum.

They announced plans to contest the seats under Bersama at by-elections or general elections. Bersama will field candidates in the elections wherever candidates are not good enough.

That may mean a...