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Semangat 46 fully supports the repeal of Section 21(2) of the 1961 Education Act

Part II of Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the Second national joint DAP-Semangat 46 ceramah at Ipoh on Saturday, 24th February 1990 at 10 p.m

Semangat 46 fully supports the repeal of Section 21(2) of the 1961 Education Act

The political earthquake started in the first joint national DAP-Semangat 46 ceramah in Penang last Saturday, repeated in Ipoh tonight, has caused panic in the Barisan Nasional camp, whether in UMNO Baru, MCA, Gerakan or MIC. Continue reading Semangat 46 fully supports the repeal of Section 21(2) of the 1961 Education Act

DAP to move a motion of urgent, definite public importance in Parliament on Tuesday to debate UMNO Baru’s secret and unconstitutional directives to Election Commission on the snap voters’ registration exercise and changes to election rules and regulations

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the second DAP-Semangat 46 Joint National Ceramah held at Ipoh on Saturday, 24th February 1990 at 10 p.m.

DAP to move a motion of urgent, definite public importance in Parliament on Tuesday to debate UMNO Baru’s secret and unconstitutional directives to Election Commission on the snap voters’ registration exercise and changes to election rules and regulations

In the last four years after the August 1986 general elections, the Mahathir Administration embarked on a systematic concentration of power in its hands, undermining important institutions and constitutional principles meant to be essential checks and balances for a functioning parliamentary democracy in Malaysia. Continue reading DAP to move a motion of urgent, definite public importance in Parliament on Tuesday to debate UMNO Baru’s secret and unconstitutional directives to Election Commission on the snap voters’ registration exercise and changes to election rules and regulations

MCA and Gerakan leaders seem to be in a panic at the tumultuous public response to the first DAP-Semangat 46 joint national ceramah in Penang last Saturday

By DAP National DAPSY Chairman and Member of Parliament for Kota Melaka, Lm Guan Eng, in Penang on Friday, 23.2.1990:

MCA and Gerakan leaders seem to be in a panic at the tumultuous public response to the first DAP-Semangat 46 joint national ceramah in Penang last Saturday

Barisan Nasional leaders, especially MCA and Gerakan leaders seem to have gone into panic stage at the tumultuous public response of 25,000-people to the first DAP-Semangat 46 Joint National Ceramah held at Dewan Sri Pinang in Penang last Saturday. Continue reading MCA and Gerakan leaders seem to be in a panic at the tumultuous public response to the first DAP-Semangat 46 joint national ceramah in Penang last Saturday

DAP calls for the resignation of Solicitor-General, Datuk Abdul Aziz Mohamad, for involvement in the cover-up to exonerate the Attorney-General, Tan Sri Abu Talib, for the offence of destroying the Vijandran videotapes, photographs and negatives without addressing the central issue as to whether they were pornographic

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Thursday, February 22, 1990:

DAP calls for the resignation of Solicitor-General, Datuk Abdul Aziz Mohamad, for involvement in the cover-up to exonerate the Attorney-General, Tan Sri Abu Talib, for the offence of destroying the Vijandran videotapes, photographs and negatives without addressing the central issue as to whether they were pornographic

The 16-page statement by the Solicitor-General, Datuk Abdul Aziz Mohamed, announcing his decision and reasons for exonerating the Attorney-General, Tan Sri Abu Talib Othman, from any offence of destroying the Vijandran videotapes, photographs and negatives is another major step in the Barisan Nasional government cover-up of the Vijandran pornographic videotapes scandal. Continue reading DAP calls for the resignation of Solicitor-General, Datuk Abdul Aziz Mohamad, for involvement in the cover-up to exonerate the Attorney-General, Tan Sri Abu Talib, for the offence of destroying the Vijandran videotapes, photographs and negatives without addressing the central issue as to whether they were pornographic

Co-operation between DAP and Semangat 46 heralds a new break through in Malaysian politics

Part II of Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the first of a series of DAP-semangat 46 National Ceramahs Dewan Sri Pinang on Saturday, February 17, 1990 at 8 p.m.

Co-operation between DAP and Semangat 46 heralds a new break through in Malaysian politics

For the purpose of ushering in the decade of change in the 1990s, the DAP has decided to co-operate with the Semangat 46 so as to ensure that Malaysians can start on the road to restore democracy, human rights, the rule of law, the independence of the judiciary, economic justice and national unity by the removal of the two-third parliamentary majority of Dr. Mahathir Mohamed. Continue reading Co-operation between DAP and Semangat 46 heralds a new break through in Malaysian politics

Mahathir’s two-thirds majority in Parliament is the real cause for the scandals, unaccountability, human rights violations and gross abuse of power for the last decade

First Portion of Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the first of a series of DAP-Semangat 46 National Ceramahs Dewan Sri Pinang on Saturday, February 17, 1990 at 8 p.m.

Mahathir’s two-thirds majority in Parliament is the real cause for the scandals, unaccountability, human rights violations and gross abuse of power for the last decade.

For Malaysia, the Decade of the Eighties is also the Decade of Mahathir, who became the country’s fourth Prime Minister in July 1981 and has since stamped his character on the governance of the country in the 1980s. Continue reading Mahathir’s two-thirds majority in Parliament is the real cause for the scandals, unaccountability, human rights violations and gross abuse of power for the last decade

No Cabinet Minister can honestly and responsibly claim he does not know the contents of the Vijandran videotapes and that the matter should be decided by the Courts

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the Perak DAP State Committee meeting in Ipoh on Thursday, 15th February 1990 at 8pm

No Cabinet Minister can honestly and responsibly claim he does not know the contents of the Vijandran videotapes and that the matter should be decided by the Courts

It was reported in today’s press that Barisan Nasional leaders have agreed to defer any decision on the position of the Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker, D.P. Vijandran, until the outcome of the court case. This is a repetition of the refrain by Datuk Samy Vellu that the Barisan Nasional leaders cannot pre-judge Vijandran until the outcome of the court case on the Vijandran pornographic videotapes scandal. Continue reading No Cabinet Minister can honestly and responsibly claim he does not know the contents of the Vijandran videotapes and that the matter should be decided by the Courts

Call on every Barisan Nasional MP to declare his/her individual stand on the removal of Vijandran as Deputy Speaker and Tan Sri Abu Talib Othman as Attorney-General because of the Vijandran pornographic videotapes scandal

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Wednesday, 14th February 1990:

Call on every Barisan Nasional MP to declare his/her individual stand on the removal of Vijandran as Deputy Speaker and Tan Sri Abu Talib Othman as Attorney-General because of the Vijandran pornographic videotapes scandal

While MIC President, Datuk Samy Vellu and Gerakan President, Datuk Dr. Lim Keng Yaik, are trying to turn the Vijandran pornographic videotapes scandal into a farce, four Sarawak Barisan MPs have come out with a clear stand for the resignation of Vijandran as Deputy Speaker. Continue reading Call on every Barisan Nasional MP to declare his/her individual stand on the removal of Vijandran as Deputy Speaker and Tan Sri Abu Talib Othman as Attorney-General because of the Vijandran pornographic videotapes scandal

Call on MCA and Gerakan to explain why they are not prepared to publicly endorse and support the MCCBCHS Memorandum and nation-wide Campaign to reject the imposition of Islamic Laws on Non-Muslim Malaysians

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday, February 13, 1990:

Call on MCA and Gerakan to explain why they are not prepared to publicly endorse and support the MCCBCHS Memorandum and nation-wide Campaign to reject the imposition of Islamic Laws on Non-Muslim Malaysians.

The Malaysians Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, and Sikhism (MCCBCHS) has completed the first of its two-prong national campaign to reject the imposition of Islamic Laws on Non-Muslim Malaysians. This is the three-day prayer in the nation’s churches, temples and homes from Feb. 9 – 11 with the three-fold objective of: Continue reading Call on MCA and Gerakan to explain why they are not prepared to publicly endorse and support the MCCBCHS Memorandum and nation-wide Campaign to reject the imposition of Islamic Laws on Non-Muslim Malaysians

Mandela’s release after 27-years’ imprisonment symbolizes the inextinguishable human spirit and struggle for freedom, justice and equality world-wide

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Monday, February 12, 1990:

Mandela’s release after 27-years’ imprisonment symbolizes the inextinguishable human spirit and struggle for freedom, justice and equality world-wide

Never before has the release from jail of a person as Nelson Mandela set off such a world-wide reveberrations of shared joy and rejoicing as it symbolized the inextinguishable human spirit and struggle for freedom, justice and equality. Continue reading Mandela’s release after 27-years’ imprisonment symbolizes the inextinguishable human spirit and struggle for freedom, justice and equality world-wide