COMMENT | Whatever the outcome of elections for the resurrected Parti Bersama Malaysia (Bersama) under former PKR MPs and ministers, Rafizi Ramli and Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, they are likely to become a force to contend with in the next polls to be held by the end of February 2028.

The significance was evident when Rafizi let on in an interview on KiniTV aired Sunday that current indications are that Bersama will contest all seats in Selangor, where data indicates they have strong support.

That’s 22 parliamentary and 56 state seats in the most developed state.

It’s a given that it will contest all Federal Territory seats in the peninsula (11 Kuala Lumpur and one Putrajaya), adding a further 12, to make 34 already.

That has major implications for the rest of Peninsular Malaysia, assuming that’s where...