DAP central leaderships failed to heed
grassroots voices
Press statement by
Gerakan Deputy President
Dato’ Dr. Cheah Soon Hai
2 April 2015
With regards to Sabah and Sarawak
DAPs’ decision to severe ties with state Pakatan Rakyat and PAS, Gerakan Deputy
President Dato’ Dr. Cheah Soon Hai questioned why DAP central leadership failed
to heed grassroots voices of its own members leaving state DAPs to take matters
into their own hands? He believed that decision by the Lim Kit Siang and Lim
Guan Eng father-and-son team “to end ties and cease to work” with PAS President
Hadi Awang was not acknowledged by its own members as it was clearly no more
than a shenanigan for political expediency. In this sense, he was of the
opinion that Penang and Selangor DAPs should emulate its Sarawak counterpart to
stay true and heed voices of grassroots by quitting Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and
severe ties with PAS.
“Was the recent twist in Sabah and
Sarawak DAP showed that there was a crack within DAP with failure to reach consensus
between the central and East Malaysia leadership? I hope the DAP central
leadership would not pawn the future of the nation and public interests just
because of their own inability and cowardice to stand up against PAS, they must
not hoodwink the people for petty political gains,” said Cheah
Cheah questioned whether DAP is now
effectively endorsing “one-party-two-system”? He described the latest incident
involving DAP in East Malaysia severing ties with state PR and PAS was a slap
in the face to DAP central leadership which warrants response from the top. Do
they also agree it is alright for the nation to have parallel criminal systems?
“Penang and Selangor DAPs must be
responsible for their voters as well as their own members. They should stop the
petty politicking and solve the real problem.”
