COMMENT Recently I was honoured to be asked to speak at a political rally organised by the Pakatan Rakyat in support of the PKR candidate, Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, who has since won the Kajang by-election.  

In my address to the crowd, which I kept short, since I was sharing time with Kak Azizah, Saudara Anwar Ibrahim and other Pakatan political leaders, I chose not to speak on the political issues that should influence the way the Kajang electorate should vote.

Instead, I focused on my personal experience with the MCA, and explained why a vote for the MCA candidate would be an exercise in futility...