Kuala Lampur, Aug. 7 -- When more than 4,000 DAP delegates converge for the party's National Conference on August 16, there will inevitably be anger, introspection and demands for accountability.

There should be. Politics without accountability becomes entitlement.

But accountability is not the same thing as political self-destruction. The likelihood that DAP delegates will demand that the party withdraw from the Federal Government remains extremely low. There are at least ten reasons why.

First, DAP's electoral performance has to be separated from Pakatan Harapan's overall performance.

Sabah was unquestionably disastrous. DAP contested eight seats in the November 2025 state election and lost every one of them. That was a political ea...