“Umno will reject any offer to cooperate with Anwar as long as he is in cahoots with DAP, full stop. I have to say this repeatedly because people just don’t get it.” - Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, circa 2019COMMENT | I keep reading all these commentaries that if Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim carried out the structural reforms he promised, Harapan would not be getting the thrashing it is getting now. This may sound comforting, but the reality is that this is about power and the perception of power, and Anwar gave his away to Umno. The only reason that Umno/BN is in ascendancy is that Anwar enabled it.