By Hazlin Hassan, Malaysia Correspondent

KUALA LUMPUR: The Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) will have to address public disillusionment when it meets for a party congress today, after opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim failed to topple the government as he had boldly predicted.

The three-day congress comes as Datuk Seri Anwar's Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition - comprising the PKR, the Islamist Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS), and secular Democratic Action Party (DAP) - experienced a series of missteps.

One of the latest is the attempt by PAS to ban the sale of alcohol in Selangor state, a move that raised the ire of DAP leaders.

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