COMMENT | Political 'toddler' Bersatu flexing weak muscles

COMMENT | Hardly a year old, Bersatu is already baring its fangs and stretching its tentacles in a frantic bid to consolidate political power.

The puny party of Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin faces a bleak future at every turn of the wheel and, hence, its priority is to prolong its stay in Putrajaya.

To pursue this objective, Bersatu is pulling out all the old dirty tricks in the hat. After all, Muhyiddin is deeply schooled in the black art of Umno politics and surely knows how to use such dark tactics to great effect.

The story is all-too-familiar: go after the dissenters, dig out all the dirt about them, exploit their weaknesses, corner them and hold them to "ransom". They can "buy" their freedom by rejoining the Muhyiddin camp or end up with their rice bowls broken.

These "rebels" will be tormented no end until they buckle under tremendous pressure. Should they give in to these blandishments? If they succumb, they can enjoy all the tasty fruits in Muhyiddin's political garden of Eden...