Bersatu's handover conundrum
THE pressure within Perikatan Nasional for an action-oriented politician to lead the Opposition coalition is intensifying.
While Perikatan Nasional chairman and Bersatu president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has recently upped his game, the sentiment in the coalition and within his own party is that it is 'too little, too late'.
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