In your report "Keadilan Youth chief calls for a 'moderate' opposition coalition" (Nov 9), Mohamad Ezam Mohd Nor is quoted as saying DAP's departure from Barisan Alternatif was 'disappointing'.

Yet Keadilan has not offered a viable solution to the problem in the first place, and as a coalition party, that is the very first thing it should have done.

I think what is truly disappointing is how BA has handled this sticky problem. It shows both lack of guts and any real leadership.

Keadilan has shown its biggest weakness by being indecisive. On the one side is PAS with its resolute stand on turning Malaysia into an Islamic state. On the other is DAP which rejects this outright. What kind of compromise did Keadilan expect to result?

It is obvious that Keadilan had no viable solution in mind. If I understand BA's objectives correctly, it is to create a just and fair Malaysia. In which case it has to make a clear stand on the Islamic state issue. And whatever that stand may be, it is to be expected that either PAS or DAP may not like the results.

At present, by saying nothing although seeming to say a lot, it gives the impression of condoning PAS' intentions for the future, and that obviously does not go down well with non-PAS members.

In other words, if Keadilan has any political will at all, any guts, it will have to choose, and to lay clear ground rules on its strategy. And it will have to start taking the blame for a change.