Category: Coalition Politics

DAP warns Gerakan and MCA leaders to stop their ‘gutter and immoral politicking’ which is a sign of their political desperation and bankruptcy

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the Taman Selamat DAP Branch Ceramah held in Bukit Mertajam on Sunday, June 5, 1994 at 7.30 p.m.

DAP warns Gerakan and MCA leaders to stop their ‘gutter and immoral politicking’ which is a sign of their political desperation and bankruptcy

DAP warns Gerakan and MCA leaders to stop their ‘gutter and immoral politicking’ which is a sign of their political desperation and bankruptcy. Continue reading DAP warns Gerakan and MCA leaders to stop their ‘gutter and immoral politicking’ which is a sign of their political desperation and bankruptcy

Challenge to Lim Keng Yaik to a Public debate on his assertion that Malaysia do not need an Opposition

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjong, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP function at DAP function at Hotel Wentworth, Kuala Lumpur on May 10, 1994 at 11 am to mark his 25th anniversary as an elected Member of Parliament

Challenge to Lim Keng Yaik to a Public debate on his assertion that Malaysia do not need an Opposition

I do not know whether I should feel very old to be commemorating my 25th anniversary as an elected Member of Parliament in Malaysia.

Looking back to the last quarter of a century, I have no doubt that the DAP had made a significant contribution to the nation-building process through our presence in Parliament and the Malaysian political arena. Continue reading Challenge to Lim Keng Yaik to a Public debate on his assertion that Malaysia do not need an Opposition

Who caused the down fall of the PBS Government and Joseph Pairin in March 1994?

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjong, Lim Kit Siang, when inaugurating the Penampang DAP Branch protem committee on Wednesday, 6th April 1994 at 8p.m.

Who caused the down fall of the PBS Government and Joseph Pairin in March 1994?

Dr. Jefferey Kitingan raised a most interesting and important issue when he said yesterday that he was not the cause of the PBS downfall, and that the fate of the PBS was sealed when it decided to withdraw from the Barisan Nasional on the eve of the 1990 general election. Continue reading Who caused the down fall of the PBS Government and Joseph Pairin in March 1994?

Voters, of Tanjong Papat and Elqpura should buy ‘political insurance’ for the people of Sabah by voting two DAP Assemblymen into Sabah Assembly to protect their rights and interests for the next five years

Press Conference Statement (2) by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjong, Lim Kit Siang, in Sandakan on Wednesday, 16th February 1994

Voters of Tanjong Papat and Elopura should buy ‘political insurance’ for the people of Sabah by voting two DAP Assemblymen into Sabah Assembly to protect their rights and interests for the next five years

The voters of Tanjong Papat and Elopura have a historic responsibility when they cast their votes on February 19, for they must buy ‘political insurance’ for the people of Sabah by voting Sdr. Fung Ket Wing and Sdr. Ang Lian Hai as DAP Assembly men into the Sabah Assembly to protect their rights and interests for the next five years. Continue reading Voters, of Tanjong Papat and Elqpura should buy ‘political insurance’ for the people of Sabah by voting two DAP Assemblymen into Sabah Assembly to protect their rights and interests for the next five years

Kit Siang offers Liong Sik a moratorium on political exchanges between MCA and DAP on ‘cow-dung politics’ in the press

Speech by Parliament Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the opening of the Perak DAP State Convention in Ipoh on Sunday, 15th August 1993 at 10 a.m.

Kit Siang offers Liong Sik a moratorium on political exchanges between MCA and DAP on ‘cow-dung politics’ in the press

Several MCA leaders have jumped to the defence of MCA President, Datuk Dr. Ling Liong Sik, to justify his ‘cow-dung political theory’, like the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Wong See Wah and the Deputy Finance Minister, Datuk Loke Yuen Low. Continue reading Kit Siang offers Liong Sik a moratorium on political exchanges between MCA and DAP on ‘cow-dung politics’ in the press

Although MCA President, Dtauk Ling Liong Sik claimed last week what a recent survey showed that 86 per cent of the people supported the Barisan Nasional, he has no confidence in such a survey

Speech (Part 2) by Parliament Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the inaugurai meeting of the newly-elected DAP Federal Territory State Committee held at DAP FT Headquaters on Wednesday, 11th August 1993 at 8 p.m.

Although MCA President, Dtauk Ling Liong Sik claimed last week what a recent survey showed that 86 per cent of the people supported the Barisan Nasional, he has no confidence in such a survey.

This is best illustrated by his response to my challenge to him to return to Penang and contest in Tanjong constituency, which he should have no hesitation in doing if the survey is right. Continue reading Although MCA President, Dtauk Ling Liong Sik claimed last week what a recent survey showed that 86 per cent of the people supported the Barisan Nasional, he has no confidence in such a survey

De-registration of USNO politically-motivated decision to help UMNO’s extension into Sabah

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Friday, August 6, 1993:

De-registration of USNO politically-motivated decision to help UMNO’s extension into Sabah

DAP deplores the decision by the Registrar of Societies to deregister USNO, as it is a politically-motivated decision to help UMNO’s extension into Sabah. Continue reading De-registration of USNO politically-motivated decision to help UMNO’s extension into Sabah

Liong Sik is orchestrating a character-assassination campaign against me

Speech by Parliament Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the Bentong DAP Branch Anniversary Dinner held in Bentong on Sunday, 1st August 1993 at 8p.m.

Liong Sik is orchestrating a character-assassination campaign against me

I said at the Malacca DAP anniversary dinner last night that the MCA President, Datuk Seri Dr. Ling Liong Sik, had three ulterior motives in trying to question the DAP Save-Bukit China One-Person One-Dollar Fund. The first was to blacken or make the people forget the historic memory of the greatest manifestation of ‘People Power’ in Malaysia- the DAP Save Bukit China campaign ten years ago. Continue reading Liong Sik is orchestrating a character-assassination campaign against me

MCA, Gerakan, MIC, SUPP and PBDS Ministers should get the Cabinet next Wednesday to make a clear-cut policy statement dismissing the Speaker’s proposal replace two-thirds majority requirement for constitutional amendment with simple majority vote

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Friday, June 18, 1993:

MCA, Gerakan, MIC, SUPP and PBDS Ministers should get the Cabinet next Wednesday to make a clear-cut policy statement dismissing the Speaker’s proposal replace two-thirds majority requirement for constitutional amendment with simple majority vote

It is most disturbing that the proposal by the Speaker of Dewan Rakyat, Tan Sri Zahir Ismail, that the two-thirds majority requirement for constitutional amendments be replaced by a simple majority vote seems to be developing a powerful momentum instead of being snuffed out completely. Continue reading MCA, Gerakan, MIC, SUPP and PBDS Ministers should get the Cabinet next Wednesday to make a clear-cut policy statement dismissing the Speaker’s proposal replace two-thirds majority requirement for constitutional amendment with simple majority vote

Silence of Gerakan over Speaker’s proposal to scrap two-thirds majority for constitutional amendment and its replacement with a simple majority is most ‘ominous’ and ‘extraordinary’

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Thursday, 17th June, 1993:

Silence of Gerakan over Speaker’s proposal to scrap two-thirds majority for constitutional amendment and its replacement with a simple majority is most ‘ominous’ and ‘extraordinary’

The silence of Gerakan over Speaker’s proposal to scrap two-thirds majority for constitutional amendment and its replacement with a simple majority is most ‘ominous’ and ‘extraordinary’. Continue reading Silence of Gerakan over Speaker’s proposal to scrap two-thirds majority for constitutional amendment and its replacement with a simple majority is most ‘ominous’ and ‘extraordinary’