Category: Democracy

DAP warns against ‘tyranny of the Majority’ and calls on Malaysian people to help provide checks and balances to defend parliamentary democracy

Speech (Part 2) by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, when winding up the debate on his motion for a Parliamentary Select Committee on 25 years of Parliamentary Democracy in the Dewan Rakyat on Tuesday, 16.7.1985

DAP warns against ‘tyranny of the Majority’ and calls on Malaysian people to help provide checks and balances to defend parliamentary democracy.

The Deputy Health Minister, Datuk K. Pathmanaban, alleged in the debate that we from the DAP are asking for absolute democracy and freedoms. This is utter nonsense as nobody is asking for absolute or perfect democracy or freedoms. Continue reading DAP warns against ‘tyranny of the Majority’ and calls on Malaysian people to help provide checks and balances to defend parliamentary democracy

Sabah general election results a great day for parliamentary democracy in Malaysia

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang,
at DAP PJ Hqrs on Monday, April 22, 1985 at 12 noon.

Sabah general election results a great day for parliamentary democracy in Malaysia.

The Sabah general elections is a great day for parliamentary democracy for Malaysia. The virtually total rejection of Berjaya, and in particular the personal defeats of the former Berjaya Chief Minister Datuk Harris Salleh and seven State Ministers and Six Assistant State Ministers, is a clear-cut and ambiguous proclamation by the people of Sabah of their repudiation of Berjaya politics of fear, money and corruption. Continue reading Sabah general election results a great day for parliamentary democracy in Malaysia

Ipoh Structure Plan will not help in achieving national unity as it is a plan to ‘bumiputra-ise’ and not to ‘Malaysian-ise’ Ipoh

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Perak meeting on ‘Ipoh Structure Plan’ held at Perak DAP premises on Sunday, 23.9.1984

Ipoh Structure Plan will not help in achieving national unity as it is a plan to ‘bumiputra-ise’ and not to ‘Malaysian-ise’ Ipoh

The DAP oppose the Ipoh Structure Plan for a number of fundamental reasons. Continue reading Ipoh Structure Plan will not help in achieving national unity as it is a plan to ‘bumiputra-ise’ and not to ‘Malaysian-ise’ Ipoh

Lim Kit Siang offers to be go-between to finalise details of the UMNO-PAS debate so that it could be held and not scuttled by inconclusive preliminaries

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Selat Klang DAP Anniversary Dinner at Port Klang on Wednesday, 5.9.1984 at 9 p.m.

Lim Kit Siang offers to be go-between to finalise details of the UMNO-PAS debate so that it could be held and not scuttled by inconclusive preliminaries

On August 25, the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, challenged PAS to a series of debates to be telecast live on all topics, including the assimilation of Islam in the nation’s administration. Continue reading Lim Kit Siang offers to be go-between to finalise details of the UMNO-PAS debate so that it could be held and not scuttled by inconclusive preliminaries

Call on Mahathir-Musa leadership to move away from the authoritarianis

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the Current Issues Debates on the theme “New National Leadership – Hope and Challenge” organized by the University of Malaya Students’ Union at Dewan Tunku Chancellor on Monday, 2nd November 1981 at 8.30 p.m. The topic of the forum is on “Politics in Malaysia: Towards what Direction?”

Call on Mahathir-Musa leadership to move away from the authoritarianism of the Sixties and move towards greater democratization of Malaysian life in the l980s

With the take-over of the Mahathir-Musa political leadership, there were hopes that there would be greater democracy, freedom, with a government which be more open and liberal, more accountable and dedicated in the fight against corruption. Continue reading Call on Mahathir-Musa leadership to move away from the authoritarianis

DAP calls for a comprehensive review of the Parliamentary standing orders and procedures to give greater vitality and meaning to parliamentary democracy.

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on the motion to amend the Standing Orders of Dewan Rakyat on Friday, Oct. 30, 1981.

DAP calls for a comprehensive review of the Parliamentary standing orders and procedures to give greater vitality and meaning to parliamentary democracy.

The proposed amendments to the Standing Orders, as moved by the Prime Minister, are part of the ad hoc and piecemeal tinkering with the Standing Orders ever since Merdeka, sometimes to correct technical mistakes and at other times, to restrict the opportunities for the Opposition to play a full part in initiating parliamentary business. Continue reading DAP calls for a comprehensive review of the Parliamentary standing orders and procedures to give greater vitality and meaning to parliamentary democracy.

Parliamentary Standing Orders

(Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on the motion to amend the Standing Orders of Dewan Rakyat on Friday, Oct. 30, 1981)

DAP calls for a comprehensive review of the Parliamentary standing orders and procedures to give greater vitality and meaning to parliamentary democracy.

The proposed amendments to the Standing Orders, as moved by the Prime Minister, are part of the ad hoc and piecemeal tinkering with the Standing Orders ever since Merdeka, sometimes to correct technical mistakes and at other times, to restrict the opportunities for the Opposition to play a full part in initiating parliamentary business. Continue reading Parliamentary Standing Orders

Call on MCA, Gerakan and SUPP to declare their stand as to whether they are prepared to attend a round-table conference of all political parties and Chinese organisations and associations

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the Grisek DAP Branch Dinner to celebrate the Party’s 15th Anniversary at Grisek, Johore and Monday, 17th August 1981 at 8p.m.

Call on MCA, Gerakan and SUPP to declare their stand as to whether they are prepared to attend a round-table conference of all political parties and Chinese organisations and associations to reach a minimum common action programme to defend,protect and promote legitimate Constitutional political, economic, educational, social and cultural rights and interests of Malaysian Chinese

The DAP has more than once declared our preparedness to attend a round-table conference of all political parties and Chinese associations and organizations, including Tung Chung and Chiau Chung, to discuss whether it is possible to reach a minimum common action programme to defend, protect and promote the legitimate Constitutional, political, economic, educational, social and cultural rights and interests of Malaysian Chinese. Continue reading Call on MCA, Gerakan and SUPP to declare their stand as to whether they are prepared to attend a round-table conference of all political parties and Chinese organisations and associations

Call on Malaysians who cherish democratic freedoms to fully support and sign the national petition to the Prime Minister to repeal the amendments to the Societies Act

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, to the Perak DAP State Committee meeting at Perak DAP state premises at Jalan Chamberlain, Ipoh on Friday, 29th May 1981 at 8 p.m.

Call on Malaysians who cherish democratic freedoms to fully support and sign the national petition to the Prime Minister to repeal the amendments to the Societies Act

Yesterday, the Chairman of the Co-ordinating Committee of Societies opposing the amendments to the Societies act, Anwar Ibrahim, and leaders of other societies and DAP leaders had a discussion about the amendments to the Societies Act, which had attracted widespread opposition by Malaysian societies and individuals for trampling on the fundamental rights of free speech and association of Malaysians. Continue reading Call on Malaysians who cherish democratic freedoms to fully support and sign the national petition to the Prime Minister to repeal the amendments to the Societies Act

Removal of security of tenure of government servants

(Speech by the Parliamentary Leader, DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on the 1978 Constitution Amendment Bill on December 8, 1978)

Again, Parliament has been presented with another batch of proposed amendments to the Malaysian Constitution, relating to provisions on membership of the Senate, the rights of members of the public service on certain matters, membership of the Education Service Commission and legislation against “subversion and action prejudicial to public order”.

The proposed amendment to Article 135(2), which guarantees that no public servant would ever be arbitrarily dismissed, tantamounts to abolition of this guarantee. Continue reading Removal of security of tenure of government servants