Kit Siang: PD by-election crucial for new Malaysia

PETALING JAYA: The Port Dickson parliamentary by-election on Oct 13 will be an important milestone in the building of a New Malaysia, where Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will take his rightful place in Parliament, Lim Kit Siang (pix) said.

The DAP adviser said he would return to Malaysia to campaign for Anwar to ensure Pakatan Harapan (PH) wins a resounding victory, Lim said in Melbourne.

“I will miss the Port Dickson byelection nomination on Sept 29, as I will still be in New Zealand,” he said.

“In the past five months, criticisms and unhappiness have surfaced about the PH government.

“We accept these criticisms but urge Malaysians to have a big picture and long view mindset, as the New Malaysia we want to build is a workin-progress which will take more than one general election cycle to accomplish, as such a task requires 10 to 20 years to complete.”

The Iskandar Puteri MP said we must never yield to a negative or selfdestructive mindset that the New Malaysia initiative will fail, and the Umno-PAS conspiracy can topple the PH government before the next general election.

“In the coming months and years, difficulties, differences and even contradictions in PH are bound to surface, but if we adopt a positive attitude that we want the PH mission to build a New Malaysia to succeed, all these difficulties, differences and contradictions will be resolved.”

Lim said he was encouraged by the positive responses he has been receiving during his visits to Perth, Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne, suggesting that Malaysians in the worldwide diaspora participate fully in building a New Malaysia.