COMMENT Revving up pressure by the DAP on Selangor Menteri Besar Azmin Ali to drop PAS from the ruling coalition will undermine governance of the state by the opposition in the near term more than it will gain long term ascendancy for it.

The problems caused by the erratic top leadership of PAS are not susceptible to surgical solutions; these will have to await the verdict of the electorate before the overall picture congeals to allow for lasting solutions to crop up as the situation clarifies.