Kuala Lampur, Aug. 14 -- The decision confronting more than 4,200 DAP delegates is larger than the internal future of one political party.

If DAP were to leave the federal government - or weaken its commitment to Pakatan Harapan (PH) - the greatest strategic beneficiary would arguably not be DAP, Umno, Bersatu or even the broader opposition. It would be a Hadi-led PAS.

This is because PAS has constructed much of its contemporary political mobilisation around DAP as a convenient adversary.

Whether DAP remains in government or leaves it, PAS can adapt the narrative. The difference is that departure would hand PAS an enormous political opening.

There are ten reasons.

First, DAP will almost certainly continue to be pilloried by PAS wheth...