COMMENT | As the full-time whistle looms for elections, the PKR-led Selangor government has been busy scoring own goals.

The latest was the weird state guidelines banning new non-Muslim worship houses from shoplots or converted factories. The worst part was the reason, or rather excuse – to improve traffic and parking.

If that is so, then supermarkets and eateries must also be banned from shops since they attract many cars.

Yet it’s mainly churches that operate in shops or former factories. Their main crowd is on Sundays when many other businesses are closed, so the traffic rationale is not rational.

So what's the real reason? Petaling Jaya MP Lee Chean Chung lamented that for years...