Checks and balances working Part II

So far, so good.

In an earlier blog posting, I said that Pakatan was fully capable of checking and balancing itself despite the lack of a strong opposition.

Dr M says there's no backtracking on fake news. This, after there was some backlash when he seemed to prevaricate about whether to abolish it or amend it.

Dr M also says no to taking BN defectors. Again, this was after a backlash when he indicated that Pakatan might take in some on a case by case basis.

Skeptics need to understand that the power dynamics within Pakatan are very different than what it was in BN. Dr M is no longer the leader of the biggest party in his coalition. In BN, UMNO dwarfed everyone else. In Pakatan, Bersatu has only 13 MPs while the other three parties (PKR, DAP and Amanah) have 101 MPs combined. This changes everything.