Kuala Lampur, Dec. 1 -- What kind of friends are we?

That regular voters ask this a week after the formation of a federal unity government - alongside two other state co-operation governments - is expected.

For seasoned politicians to struggle to explain the "friendship" shaped from hung houses - Dewan Rakyat and a couple of state assemblies - which worries.

This column is aware it has abused the phrase "brave new world" in the past but Malaysia just keeps handing out curveballs from Jupiter.

The good news first, enough of the coalitions with their various parties have come to an agreement to govern. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's - it still shocks to put the title before the PKR president's name - administration should be intact till...