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70 vie for 30-seat DAP CEC - Party heading for major leadership split?
KUALA LUMPUR, March 3, 2025: The DAP’s March 16 Central Executive Committee (CEC) election is a crowded field, perhaps signalling a major leadership split of crisis.
The DAP, now part of the Anwar Ibrahim’s Madani Unity Government (UG), has suffered irreparable erosion in public confidence.
Multiracial Malaysians are extremely disappointed with the DAP’s meek or almost zero action to the racial and religious bigots who are threatening national unity and harmony daily.
DAP is now even perceived as not only a Pakatan Harapan (PH) political lapdog but also the racist and bigoted Umno’s.
It is believed that DAP members are now identifying their underperforming and meek leaders to reject or give them the boot.
One wonders whether there is a caitan (menu) in the election of CEC members - just like the MCA.
In fact, Malaysians are wondering whether DAP is trying to outperform MCA as a political lapdog.
No News Is Bad News reproduces below news reports on the coming DAP elections:
70 to vie for spots in DAP CEC elections
-03 Mar 2025, 10:33 AM
The results on March 16 will shape the party’s leadership ahead of the next general election.
Notable contenders in DAP’s central executive committee elections are transport minister Loke Siew Fook, former chief minister Lim Guan Eng, and housing and local government minister Nga Kor Ming.
KUALA LUMPUR: Seventy DAP leaders are set to battle it out on March 16 for positions on the party’s 30-member central executive committee (CEC).
The 30 elected members will then select the party’s office-bearers for the 2025-2028 term, a crucial period leading up to the 16th general election, expected by November 2027.
Key contenders on the official list announced today include Loke Siew Fook, Nga Kor Ming, Chow Kon Yeow, Steven Sim, siblings Lim Guan Eng and Lim Hui Ying, as well as brothers Ramkarpal Singh and Gobind Singh Deo.
Women candidates include Hannah Yeoh, Kasthuri Patto, Vivian Wong, Teresa Kok, Teo Nie Ching, Yeo Bee Yin, and Young Syefura Othman.
Sim, DAP’s national organising secretary, said 4,203 delegates would vote during the national congress at Ideal Convention Centre in Shah Alam, expected to be attended by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
When asked whether Barisan Nasional chairman Ahmad Zahid would be attending, Sim said that, so far, only Pakatan Harapan partners had been invited.
Elaborating more on the CEC elections, he said nominees had received official letters and were urged to stay committed to serving the people.
“It will be conducted and monitored by an independent third party, just like in previous years,” he told a press conference at the party’s headquarters today.
When asked if any candidates had been rejected, Sim said some had voluntarily withdrawn.
“As long as they have nominations from two branches, they will be allowed to contest,” he added.
As previously reported, four party veterans have withdrawn from the race: Tan Kok Wai, Fong Kui Lun, M Kulasegaran, and Phee Boon Poh.
Ronnie Liu warns of irreparable split in DAP
-02 Mar 2025, 10:00 AM
The former party strongman says a divided DAP would not augur well for Pakatan Harapan’s general election prospects.
Ronnie Liu, who quit DAP in 2023, urged party members to use the central executive committee elections this month to steer the party back to the right path.
PETALING JAYA: A former DAP strongman has warned that the spectre of an irreparable split looms large over the party, possibly constituting a threat to Pakatan Harapan’s prospects at the next general election.
Ronnie Liu, who quit the party in 2023 after claiming it was heading in the wrong direction, compared the party’s current plight to that of its former rival, MCA, while it was part of the government before it fell into decline.
Liu suggested that DAP members should use the central executive committee elections this month to steer the party back to the right path.
The top leadership must sit down to come to a consensus or compromise to prevent a power struggle within the party.
“They need to work as one team to regain the confidence and trust of all supporters and voters. Otherwise, the cracks will deepen after the party elections and eventually weaken Pakatan Harapan’s base.”
The party veteran said the “young turks” now holding party and government posts had been groomed by seniors and veterans.
However, after becoming part of the government, they had forgotten DAP’s original struggles, and a majority of them had lost the fighting spirit.
“Outsiders who are the core supporters now see the DAP leaders as undergoing a power struggle instead of fighting to preserve the rights of Malaysians. This is exactly what MCA went through as a government party before its decline,” he told FMT.
Liu, a two-term Selangor assemblyman and five-term elected CEC member, said the 4,000 delegates must vote in leaders who need to change the party’s approach as it is now in government at federal and state levels.
He said the change should not be done at the expense of the party’s fundamental struggle but instead should be a balanced approach to ensure its supporters do not lose faith in DAP.
Liu, a longtime loyalist of DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng, said the delegates must avoid electing “arrogant individuals who may damage the party’s image”.
He said: “If a leader is arrogant and speaks or acts disrespectfully, they risk alienating voters and providing political opponents with opportunities to attack the party.”
He said DAP is no longer a party dominated by a single ethnic group and is actively expanding its voter base, particularly among Malay voters, and an arrogant leader may struggle to gain broader acceptance.
Liu said DAP was suffering a trust deficit and a further split would have serious implications on PH at the next general election. DAP must be strong so that it can check on the transgressions of Umno, PAS and Bersatu.
Last Sunday, DAP secretary-general Loke Siew Fook played down talk of camps in the party, saying the spread of such claims ahead of the party elections next month was normal.
Analysts previously said there appeared to be two factions in the central executive committee elections, with one led by Loke himself, and the other by Lim. There were also claims of a move within the party to oust Lim from the CEC.
Speculation surrounding the elections intensified after DAP organising secretary Steven Sim was heckled by an aide to Lim at a dinner in Penang. The aide later apologised for his actions against Sim, who is also the newly elected Penang DAP chief.
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