COMMENT | With all the hullabaloo muddling and muddying the terrain, it now seems likely that parliamentary polls may go full term, raising questions, given his increasingly tenuous predicament, whether Anwar Ibrahim will even be a candidate in the next one.

We can unpack the recent events, but it's more difficult to understand the underlying reasons and determine which of the moves are significant and which parties will benefit the most.

One of the major winners from unfolding events may again be PAS, while Umno may do well in the Johor state election and perhaps Negeri Sembilan but not so great elsewhere.

Casualties will be Anwar’s fortunes, along with PKR and Bersatu, while the fate of dark horse newcomer Parti Bersama Malaysia may be mixed and even encouraging.

There’s a lot to absorb in mere weeks following the...