COMMENT Zaid Ibrahim’s decision to go on a road show to explain to supporters the reasons for his withdrawal from the ongoing contest for the No 2 position and his quitting of all posts in PKR places the party between a rock and a hard place.

No doubt this show, certain to expose the supposedly ‘dirty linen’ of the party, will be given maximum publicity by the Umno-BN supporting mainstream media.

This will hold the party to public odium and ridicule, precisely what PKR doesn’t need with a Sarawak state election and a general election in the offing...