Kuala Lampur, April 24 -- Twenty-six years ago, PKR set out to be that outlier, to be a party of the masses. So, they advertised.

This year, a generation later, that is still being tested. How many of the masses can be included in actual party decision-making today?

Every three years - when it is party election - it asks itself with a record of disappointment, false dawns.

Status of the current edition? The PKR divisional elections wind down and attention turns to the national party election, voting on May 24.

A repeated cycle to determine whether PKR is elitist rather than of the masses. To decipher whether the label print holds truths.

With so many big names having their political futures on the line, should our interests stay put ...