Dap Will Share Mca S Fate Says Umno S Puad

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Umno Supreme Council member Puad Zarkashi said DAP members can judge the party’s capability more accurately now that it is in government, particularly to determine if its actions match its words. (Bernama pic)
PETALING JAYA: Umno Supreme Council member Puad Zarkashi has claimed that DAP will share MCA’s fate as a governing party and see a decline in support and influence.
Puad said Malaysians and DAP’s own members can judge the party’s capability and performance more accurately now that it is in government, particularly to determine if its actions match its words.
Citing the outcome of DAP’s elections yesterday, he said heavyweights like Loke Siew Fook and Lim Guan Eng saw a decline in support despite still making the central executive committee (CEC).
Loke obtained the third highest number of votes during the 2022 CEC elections with 1,625, but garnered 2,508 votes yesterday, placing him in fifth spot.
On the other hand, Lim went from ranking eighth in 2022 with 1,311 votes to 26th yesterday after garnering 1,719 votes.
Puad pointed out that DAP veteran Teresa Kok did not even make the top 30 in the CEC elections.
“DAP’s weaknesses aren’t being evaluated by the people alone, but also its party members. That’s the challenge of being a ruling party. Members will see the hypocrisy of their leaders.
“That’s why one should not be boastful before becoming a part of the government,” the Rengit assemblyman said in a Facebook post.
DAP’s CEC elections were seen as a battle between veterans like Lim and younger, more moderate leaders who want to broaden DAP’s appeal beyond its traditional support base.
Factions aligned with Lim had contended that this would turn DAP into “MCA 2.0”, amid claims that PKR and Umno were seeking to dismantle DAP’s “Malaysian Malaysia” concept.
On Saturday, former MCA vice-president Ti Lian Ker said DAP should not repeat MCA’s mistake of voting in “yes men” who were only interested in ensuring their positions now that they were in the government. - FMT

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