COMMENT Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah admits he is often asked why he remains an Umno member. His reply last Friday: “I’m still in Umno because I still have hope.”

Indeed, several senior leaders have left Barisan Nasional - Umno’s Zaid Ibrahim, MCA’s Chua Jui Meng and Dr Tan Yee Kew, SAPP’s Yong Teck Lee, and Gerakan’s Dr Tan Kee Kwong and Toh Kin Woon among others.