Be transparent on party polls, DAP told

KLANG: A former DAP branch leader yesterday called on the party leadership to be transparent on the issue of fresh polls to re-elect the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC).

L.P. Selvam, who is former Taman Ehsan DAP branch vicechairman, said the DAP leadership should announce the list of CEC candidates and not delay the party re-election.

“The Registry of Society (RoS) has ordered DAP to conduct a fresh election after finding the results of the 2012 re-election invalid,” he said.

He claimed that he remained a DAP member despite being sacked by the CEC in 2013 as the panel was not recognised by law.

“As delegates, we have the right to ask DAP to adhere to RoS’s instruction, which is to conduct a re-election, which means it must follow the National Congress and give 10 weeks’ notice before holding the fresh polls.

“They (DAP) must also reveal who the 20 candidates are.

“How are we going to campaign and vote if we are not told who they are?”

He said DAP might miss the opportunity to contest in the next general election if the CEC re-election came before the party polls.

“I believe that the delay is because certain top leaders in DAP are afraid that they will lose their positions, including (secretary-general) Lim Guan Eng.”