Warisan president Shafie Apdal used his party's annual general assembly today to push the divided opposition, which has struggled to dislodge the Perikatan Nasional government, to institute a leadership change.

But beyond pressuring his Pakatan Harapan allies, his speech was filled with subtext as he positioned himself as an alternative to opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim without once mentioning the PKR president.

"The opposition, at this moment, must have the courage...