COMMENT The new opposition coalition, Pakatan Harapan, is off and running.

Though they have made it their first business to announce a prime minister-designate in Anwar Ibrahim, they should have deferred the announcement till a more important matter was over and done with.

This is the acquiescence of all three components - DAP, PKR and Parti Amanah Negara (PAN) - to a common policy framework.