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By Leven Woon<\/a><\/strong><\/em>
\nFree Malaysia Today<\/strong>
\nKUALA LUMPUR | Dec 16, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng today defended the party\u2019s decision to appoint Malay leaders into the centre leadership despite claims that it was merely a window dressing.<\/p>\n

At a press conference after the party\u2019s two-day congress, Lim said political rivals were keen to politicise every DAP\u2019s move as political stunts.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt never becomes an issue for parties that don\u2019t appoint (Malays to the high post). But we appoint, and it still becomes an issue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Lim\u2019s statement came in light of the party polls yesterday that saw not a single Malay leader being elected into the 20-seat centre executive committee (CEC). Only three Indian leaders made the cut while the rest were all Chinese.<\/p>\n

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Although the party today co-opted seven non-Chinese and East Malaysians into the CEC, leaders such as Penang DAP deputy chief P Ramasamy and Penang CEC member Zulklifli Mohd Noor pointed out that the party was still far from being a truly multiracial party.<\/p>\n

Lim also admitted that there were elements of symbolism when the party appointed Malay leaders to its CEC.<\/p>\n

He said Ariffin SM Omar was co-opted into CEC because he was an academiciam and a senator while Zairil Khir Johari was unique because he is the son of the first education minister of Malaysia.<\/p>\n

Lim dodged an answer when asked whether the party would field more Malay candidates in the upcoming general election, only saying that they would field winnable candidates.<\/p>\n

He said East Malaysians leaders were appointed into CEC as a result of DAP\u2019s inroads to Sabah and Sarawak.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to be inclusive, they can play a role in helping us to spread our wing,\u201d he described.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Penang chief minister said that the new Pakatan Rakyat bureau was created to broaden discussion between the coalition parties in the event the Pakatan leadership council failed to reach consensus in certain issue.<\/p>\n

He said Selangor DAP deputy head Teng Chang Kim was tasked to head the bureau because of his experience as the Selangor speaker and that most of the members were based in Klang Valley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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