PUTRAJAYA, Sept 11 — DAP leaders and members convened at this year’s annual congress held at the administrative capital yesterday as a ruling party after years of political and...
Monday, 11 Sep 2023 7:00 AM MYT
This rather unexpected alliance has sparked great interest in the party’s 2023 convention held at the administrative capital, be it from sceptics with little faith that the allegiance will last or optimists who see it as a new period for genuine bipartisan collaboration. DAP veteran Lim Kiat Siang, DAP Advisor Tan Kok Wai and DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng are seen at party’s national congress at Marriot Hotel in Putrajaya September 10, 2023.
Apart from 40 Members of Parliament, DAP also boasts 80 state assemblymen and four Dewan Negara senators. At this year’s congress, the party passed nine resolutions that included recognition of the community’s “special rights”. Yet it also said it remains committed to protecting the rights and interests of other races and communities as enshrined in Article 153 of the Federal Constitution.