The point is that this country is going down the manure hole, and the opposition party which is supposed to be the tent pole, is having these pathetic public squabbles while Wan Azizah is offering up her tears in the corner.

In her latest piece, Mariam Mokhtar said the opposition needs to make some hard decisions to make a fresh start. This is of course true but the reality is that PKR is supposed to be the alternative to the other Malay uber alles parties out there.

Whether this is true ideologically or not is beside the point. The fact is that the tent pole PKR needs to get its house in order before Harapan can formulate an electoral strategy to counter its political opponents.

It is because PKR is on political, life support, the only way to mitigate the damage done is to adopt a no shortcut attitude if the party is to remain a credible alternative to Umno/BN or Umno/PN.

I won’t bother going into the failures of Harapan but look at who they are up against, various ethnic and religious cabals who have no interests in anything else but ensuring that the establishment continues in a haze of religious and economic corruption under a feudal system of patronage.

And god knows, the fights between the various factions in PKR are not ideological, it's about personalities, the biggest of which is Anwar, who is causing the most damage.

The irony is that if Anwar had sat down with his new right hand and made a public showing of support for the younger generation of leadership in PKR, all this talk of him stepping down would be moot.

Anwar should be bringing all the factions together, making it clear that he and Rafizi are leading the party. Instead what we witness, are the craven manoeuvrings of various political operatives and their open warfare on social media and the press.

To think all this could be smoothed over if only Anwar would commit to a course of actions which is supported by a majority of Harapan supporters, including PKR supporters.

All these questions about him stepping down would be sublimated under the enthusiasm of Harapan getting down to business.

If Anwar and Rafizi are to lead the charge for Harapan in the upcoming general election, they would both need to articulate a people-centric political narrative that eschews the Harapan talking points of Najib Abdul Razak and “corruption” but instead relies on genuine utilitarian reforms.

Otherwise, all that we are left with are tears.