COMMENT New political parties are like new business start-ups. Or so it seems. Anyone who is anyone is starting a new party. You could be forgiven for thinking that, any day, these parties will be listing on the Malaysian bourse.

Let’s call this IPOs - not Initial Public Offering, but Instant Political Opening. After all, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak crowed last Friday that the trend shows democracy in Malaysia is thriving. How easily the vacuous Najib twists reality.