‘DAP must prove it has done groundwork if it wants more seats’

KUALA LUMPUR: DAP must prove its worth if it wants to “demand” for seats in Johor, said Tebrau PKR chief Steven Choong.

Choong, when contacted, said this also applied to all Pakatan Harapan component parties if they were to “request” or “demand” for seats.

“It is not about race, but whether the parties, which want seats, have done work in those seats.

“For me, my team in Tebrau has done so much since the last general election.

“We have been working so hard, handling so many cases and helping so many people in the constituency. Where is DAP in Tebrau?”

Choong said even if they were elected representatives, it was not about placing a person to win the seat — the elected representative must be able to create an impact in the constituency.

“We don’t want people to look at us as just wanting to win seats but not being able to do anything to help the people in that constituency,” he said.

Choong was responding to DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang, who rubbished a report saying that DAP was eyeing Chinese-majority seats with an intention to take over the state.

“All of us want to request for seats, but none of us have mentioned which seats we want, leaving it to be decided later behind closed-door meetings. Why did Kit Siang have to mention those seats out in the open?

“My people have not done anything yet although we are annoyed,” he said.

He said DAP’s presence in Tebrau, in particular, had not been significant.

“Where is their machinery? They used to have four branches, but now, there is only one.

“They have no activities in Tebrau. Where are your people in Tebrau?”

Lim had stressed that DAP was not interested in the three seats held by PKR in Johor — Johor Baru, Tebrau and Pasir Gudang.