DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng today denied claims of the party being too “Chinese-centric” and abandoning its principles to attract Malay voters. He said DAP has never wavered from its stance. In a statement, he said “You must always work on the basic principles first. We don’t appease anyone.” He also denied claims of DAP going out of its way to woo Malay voters and said there is no evidence to support this.
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Lim Guan Eng said, “What principles have we abandoned? If you say that because we introduce Malay or Indian candidates, then I don’t agree. I don’t think we have appeased Malay voters.”
He said people must focus on DAP’s growth and how it attracts people to join the struggle of its principles against undemocratic practices. “If they happen to be non-Chinese, why not? If they are able to deliver, why not?” he asked.
In a statement, Lim said, “You cannot limit yourself to just a single core. If you do that, then I think you end up being very narrow-minded, very extremist and on the margins.”