We ought to give time to the PH government to perform. If they fail to do so, then as responsible citizens we can start constructively criticizing them.

The significance lies with the fact that Sungai Kandis being a political test bed will test the effectiveness of Umno-PAS cooperation and which way Umno is headed to hereafter.

Mahathir has always been a pragmatic leader who would make appropriate judgments and decisions based on the needs of the country as a trading economy and sovereign state.

PH's internal struggle is poised to hurt its credibility, but fortunately the opposition is suffering from even bigger problems, especially Umno.

Malaysians should demand more meaningful roles for their elected representatives.

BN component parties will also lose their faith in Umno, and a complete collapse of the coalition is a matter of time.

Judging from the make-up of the cabinet list, it is more of Mahathir's list than that of PH's component parties.

There is little prospect for Umno to reform itself within the next five years, for the party has not been defeated badly enough.

Umno members generally blame Najib and GST for the defeat, and tend to overlook the party's outdated ideology, corruption, money politics and other problems.

The key to such a change will very much lie with the party elections later this month.