DAP is not afraid of holding CEC elections but only UMNO’s perversity and capriciousness to use RoS to sabotage the DAP preparations for the 14GE for a change of Federal government in Putrajaya

In the 51 history of the DAP, the party is no stranger to plots and conspiracies by the ruling coalition to sabotage, destabilise and destroy the party, and the latest such attempt is the Registar of Society’s (ROS) directive to hold another re-election of the DAP’s Central Executive Committee based on the 2012 DAP Congress delegates’ list.

This is a most ridiculous directive for the Sept. 29, 2013 DAP Central Executive Committee re-elections were exactly based on the 2012 DAP Congress delegates’ list on the directive on the ROS.

Further, why has it taken the ROS four years to decide that the DAP should hold CEC re-elections based on the 2012 Congress delegates’ list, if the ROS is efficient, competent and reasonable in the discharge of his duties?

DAP is not afraid of holding DAP CEC elections, but what is there to prevent a recurrence of the ridiculous situation where, on the flimsiest of grounds, the Registrar of Societies declares that it is withholding its recognition of the newly-elected CEC as he is investigating complaints that the new CEC elections are irregular and takes another four years to declare that there should be re-elections?

Are we to have a situaiton where in 2020, the Registrar of Societies can again ask the DAP to conduct fresh CEC re-elections based on the 2012 DAP Congress delegates’ list?

This is how ridiculous the whole situation had become, as a result of UMNO/BN conspiracy to sabotage the DAP and cause maximum damage and chaos in the party’s preparations for the 14th general election, simply because the UMNO and BN coalition are worried there is a great possibility that the UMNO/BN will be voted out of power in the next general election.

It is significant that up to now, the Registar of Societies’ letter to the DAP had not been sent. I do not believe that any civil servant will act in this manner if there is no interference from his political masters.

DAP is not afraid of holding CEC elections but only UMNO’s perversity and capriciousness to use ROS to sabotage the DAP preparations for the 14GE for a change of Federal government in Putrajaya.

Lim Kit Siang DAP Parliamentary Leader & MP for Gelang Patah