DAP challenged to appoint observers
PETALING JAYA: Former DAP national vice-chairman Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim has challenged the party to invite independent observers to monitor the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) re-election process.
He said there was a need for the appointment of independent, as well as respected auditors, to ensure a fair party election.
“I am directing this in particular to (DAP) adviser Lim Kit Siang and secretary-general Lim Guan Eng, who have always presented themselves as great proponents of free and fair elections, to show that they mean what they say by opening themselves and the methods they employ in conducting the re-election to the closest public scrutiny,” he said.
“The name of the firm should also be published. They should allow the Registry of Societies (RoS) to appoint a team of independent observers to monitor the party’s re-election to ensure that it is properly conducted this time, and to prove what they portray themselves to be,” he said here yesterday.
Tunku Aziz said DAP members had every right to demand for the publication of such key information, as an assurance that the forthcoming CEC re-election would be held in accordance with the conditions prescribed by RoS.
Tunku Aziz said it looked as though DAP was dragging its feet over the requirements set by RoS and that they had not fixed a date for the re-election.
“DAP must hold the re-election as soon as possible because it is wasting time and coming up with excuses that look to me like delay tactics.
“The party needs to prove that it is one that is fighting for the interests of their members and not in the interests of their leaders, who want to cling on to power.
“They (DAP leaders) had used every possible excuse to delay compliance for as long as they could. Now, their time is up and the pressure is mounting.
“It is now or never, or they run the risk of the party continuing to be managed by a committee that has no legal and moral legitimacy.”
Tunku Aziz said just a few days ago, three party members from DAP Taman Ehsan, Klang branch; Taman Murni, Sepang branch; and Bagan Luar, Penang branch, submitted a memorandum to the RoS demanding the publication in the local print media of eligible voters in the 2012 CEC election.