COMMENT | Mahathir or Anwar? This is not a game of musical chairs

COMMENT | So what is it that former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng and Amanah president Mohamad Sabu are not telling us?

Both DAP and Amanah have been persistently pleading with PKR to back Mahathir for a third stint as prime minister, saying only he has the numbers to snatch back the people’s mandate and return Pakatan Harapan to power. They are also insisting that, as PKR president Anwar Ibrahim has failed to secure the required number, he must now agree to accept Mahathir as prime minister with Anwar as deputy.

In this game of thrones, where do the people fit in? Many are facing the worst challenge in their lives. The economy has collapsed, businesses have drawn down their shutters, people have lost their jobs, and many are finding it onerous to put food on the table for the family.

But our politicians are busy playing a "now we have it, now we don’t" game and taking the whole population on a roller coaster ride, day in day out, with no light at the end of the tunnel...