DAP reaffirms support for PR to establish an alternative government

(Press Statement By DAP Secretary-General And MP for Bagan, Lim Guan Eng, In Petaling Jaya On 9.2.2009)

DAP’s commitment towards a multi-racial, multi-religious and multi-cultural Malaysia is not only an article of faith but a deep conviction in Bangsa Malaysia. DAP is inclusive of all races and religions. We represent the interests and fight for the rights every Malaysian.

In the effort of being representative of all Malaysians, including both Malays and non-Malays, the party is willing to undertake a transformational process that may be painful but necessary. We have no alternative but to grow without compromising our basic principles.

DAP reaffirms support for Pakatan Rakyat(PR) to establish an alternative government that is democratic, people-centric and with an ethical leadership based on the 5 principles of freedom, justice, truth, social welfare and universal moral values. In this regard the DAP supports PKR de facto leader DSAI Anwar Ibrahim as the Parliamentary Opposition Leader and will remain so as no single leader has ever questioned this during internal meetings whether at the highest levels or otherwise.

The Pakatan Rakyat leadership has clearly endorsed a position that no individual party policy can be PR policy unless it is fully approved unanimously by all three parties. DAP’s position on hudud and Islamic state is crystal clear and regardless of whatever support for both hudud and the establishment of an Islamic State, whether from PAS or PKR, this will not be PR policy as long as DAP does not agree to it.

Similarly DAP’s leadership has been consistently urging the government to enact an anti-hopping law even before the Perak crisis, and we have expressed support of our 28 MPs. As BN does not have a 2/3 parliamentary majority, the support of DAP’s 28 MPs will be required to effect any constitutional amendment for such an anti-hopping law.

As a democratic party, DAP policies can be changed in accordance with the wishes of its members. However until today there has been no request to question or disturb the basic framework of co-operation between the 3 parties of DAP, PAS and PKR that make up PR.

As the party secretary-general, I am duty-bound to execute these policies. However should any member wishes to change them, they are required to use proper party channels to do so and not use the BN-controlled media. I appeal to Sdr Karpal Singh as Chair of the DAP to use internal party channels should he wish to change these policies or even criticise my leadership.

Protes Pemuda DAP DiHadapan Pejabat SUK Perak

BN Tidak Demokratik Guna Cara Samseng Dan Tidak Ikut Perlembagaan

DAP Terengganu menyifatkan tindakan pemimpin UMNO dan Barisan Nasional (BN) ‘merampas’ kerajaan Perak dengan cara mengugut serta membeli ADUN dari Pakatan Rakyat tidak demokratik.

Strategi UMNO/BN cuba mengganggu-gugat kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat di Perak berjaya hanya dengan taktik yang paling kotor.

UMNO/BN juga menggunakan wang rakyat untuk membeli ADUN yang menghadapi masalah peribadi.

Mereka sanggup lakukan apa sahaja untuk wujudkan suasana politik yang tidak stabil dalam kerajaan Perak

Suasana yang bercelaru di Perak adalah angkara khianat pemimpin UMNO/BN yang tamakkan kuasa.

DAP Terengganu rasa dukacita kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat yang dipilih secara sah oleh rakyat dalam Pilihan Raya Umum (PRU) ke-12 lalu kini cuba dirampas oleh Barisan Nasional.

Sebagai rakyat Malaysia kita rasa malu dengan sikap pemimpin UMNO/BN itu.

Mereka rakus dan tidak sabar dengan cara toleransi dan demokrasi menjatuhkan kerajaan Perak dengan cara ‘samseng’ dan tidak mengikut perlembagaan negara.

Kami menyokong usaha mewujudkan undang-undang yang boleh menghalang mana-mana wakil rakyat melompat parti.

Ng Chai Hing
Pengerusi DAP Terengganu

EC decision is unconstitutional: Kit Siang

PETALING JAYA: The Election Commission (EC) has acted unconstitionally by refusing to recognise Perak state assembly speaker V. Sivakumar’s decision to hold by-elections on the Changkat Jering and Behrang state seats, said DAP national advisor Lim Kit Siang.

“The Commission’s constitutional duty is to act on the Perak speaker’s official notification on the vacancy of the two state assembly seats and call for by-elections to be held in the next 60 days,” he said in a statement Tuesday.

He said the Commission had no jurisdiction to dispute the speaker’s decision.

“Any such legal challenge should come from (Behrang assemblyman) Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi and (Changkat Jering assemblyman) Mohd Osman Mohd Jailu if they want to challenge the legality of their resignations from their respective state assembly seats,” he said.

The Election Commission decided on Tuesday that the two were still the assemblymen for the two seats.

Commission chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Yusof said here that the decision was made because both Jamaluddin and Mohd Osman had written a letter to Perak State Assembly Speaker V. Sivakumar claiming their resignations were not valid.

On Monday, Sivakumar had handed over the disputed letters of resignation purportedly from the two men to the state election director Adli Abdullah to seek by-elections for the two constituencies - The Star Online