Yet another member of DAP loses faith in the party

KAJANG: Yet another DAP life member has stepped forward to protest against the party’s central executive council (CEC) committee elections to the Registrar of Societies (ROS).

Former Taman Megah branch vice-chairman Lee Chee Cheng said the change in the CEC results three weeks after the December congress to admit Zairil Khir Johari was “highly questionable”.

“The ROS should now suspend the DAP CEC committee and the party as a whole with immediate effect,” he said at a press conference yesterday, which was held along with former DAP members Tan Tuan Tat, Tan Chew Wah and R. Vellasamy.

Lee, who carries an OKU card, said he had become disillusioned with the DAP and Pakatan Rakyat.

He alleged that the party had promised to help him look for a job since 2009 but he was still surviving on the RM200 provided by the Welfare Department monthly.

Saying he was willing to take up jobs such as an office cleaner, the former lorry driver said his high blood pressure had left him unable to walk properly or drive a vehicle.

“I think Pakatan could have done very well but it looks like they don’t fulfil any of their promises. How can I trust Pakatan now?

“Even if the DAP decides to sack me after this, I don’t care. I will help Barisan Nasional,” he said.

Two other life members, Ladang Paroi branch vice-chairman David Dass A. and secretary Mahendran Krishan, had earlier submitted letters of complaint to the ROS.

Tuan Tat, a former Selangor DAP auditor, said DAP secretary-general and Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng should refrain from speaking about the CAT (competency, accountability, transparency) principles from now on.

“What happened at the latest CEC elections showed DOG (dirty, opaque, greedy) principles instead,” he said.

“How can they (DAP leaders) run the country if they can’t even handle a simple 20-delegate CEC election?”