COMMENT | If elections are held soon, it’s likely a hung parliament, with no single coalition getting a clear majority to rule.

That spells compromising to satisfy all and satiating no one, a recipe for uncertainty and the consequent trials and tribulations.

Looking beyond the Negeri Sembilan polls, the canvas looks bleak and foreboding with patches of sunshine here and there.

PKR, with 31 parliamentary seats, will be more or less destroyed with support waning rapidly among both Malays and non-Malays.

Breakaway Parti Bersama Malaysia is likely to take some seats in urban areas or at the very least spoil it for PKR and DAP.

DAP, the other main party within the Pakatan Harapan coalition, is facing a crisis of credibility with its support base of Chinese and urban voters eroding rapidly.

Nobody I know expects Harapan to be the...