Loke, Gobind, step down from leadership to save DAP

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Loke, Gobind, step down from leadership to save DAP

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30, 2025: DAP’s new secretary-general and Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook says he takes responsible for the “duck egg” performance at the concluded 17^th Sabah Election?

He is obviously another NATO (No Action Talk Only) politician, like his big boss Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

If he is sincere about accepting responsibility and accountability, then he should at least resign as his party’s secretary-general.

It is almost crystal clear that DAP is politically imploding after Loke, chairman Gobind Singh Deo and his cahoots weeded out the old guards in the leadership and started moulding the DAP into MCA 2.0.

Loke and Gobind are simply not in the mould of the party’s towering figures - Lim Kit Siang, Karpal Singh, Dr Chen Man Hin, P Patto, or even Sim Kwang Yang. Compared with them, they have still a long way to go.

So, do the right thing and step down as secrtary-general and chairman to save DAP.

Or are responsibility and accountability no more in DAP’s dictionary after becoming part of the so-called Madani Unity Government (UG)?

No News Is Bad News reproduces below comments found on WhatsApp posted by senior Sarawakian journalist Francis Paul Siah:

 

TOTAL DAP WIPEOUT in SABAH
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DAP’s wipeout in Sabah tonight should serve as a wake-up call, Anthony Loke.

This is what happens when you talk down to local Sabah leaders and fail to respect the sentiments of East Malaysians. It is painfully clear that you neither understand nor appreciate the political heartbeat of Sabahans and Sarawakians.

Take this as friendly advice. I suggest you do not step foot in Sarawak to campaign for your party in the next election. If you do, the Sarawak DAP may suffer the same fate.

Anthony Loke, you are simply not in the mould of the party’s towering figures - Lim Kit Siang, Karpal Singh, Dr Chen Man Hin, P Patto, or even Sim Kwang Yang. Compared with them, you still have a long way to go.

It’s time to shed the arrogance and relearn humility and honesty -  values your predecessors embodied so effortlessly.

And one more observation, Anthony Loke. You seem to be growing noticeably heavier these days. Perhaps enjoying a little too much of the perks and fine dining that come with ministerial life?

A reminder - the calories may be sweet, but the consequences aren’t. A healthier lifestyle might serve you better than the political comfort zone you’ve slipped into.

Saying that you will “take full responsibility” as DAP secretary-general after the party was wiped out in Sabah is simply not good enough. At moments like this, the honourable thing is not to make statements - it is to act.

Take UPKO president Ewon Benedick, for example. He was ready to resign as a federal minister on principle, despite recently being mocked by you. That is what accountability looks like.

So what about you, Anthony Loke? Would you even consider relinquishing a party post - let alone a cushy ministerial position? Or is holding on more important than living up to your own words?

If you’re not prepared to step aside, then your declaration of “taking responsibility” for your party’s total annihilation in the Sabah polls rings hollow.

It becomes a slogan, not a sacrifice - and certainly not leadership.