Category: Elections

The ‘secret DAP-PAS Jakarta meeting’ tactic would have caused the DAP enormous and irreparable damage if Keng Yaik had used it three or five days before polling in the next general elections

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the meeting of the DAP Tanjung 2 strategy meeting at Penang DAP Hqrs on Sunday, 13th May 1990 at 4 p.m.

The ‘secret DAP-PAS Jakarta meeting’ tactic would have caused the DAP enormous and irreparable damage if Keng Yaik had used it three or five days before polling in the next general elections

In formulating the strategy for DAP’s Tanjung 2 project, we must not only discuss the strategy we are to adopt to get the people to support the Tanjung 2 project, but also the tactics and tricks that the Gerakan, the MCA and UMNO Baru will use to defeat the Tanjung 2 project. Continue reading The ‘secret DAP-PAS Jakarta meeting’ tactic would have caused the DAP enormous and irreparable damage if Keng Yaik had used it three or five days before polling in the next general elections

Advice to Ghafar not to comment on things he knows nothing about

Press Conference Statement (2) by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Saturday, 12th May 1990 at 12 noon

Advice to Ghafar not to comment on things he knows nothing about

I want to advise Ghafar Baba, the Deputy Prime Minister, not to comment on things he knows nothing about. Continue reading Advice to Ghafar not to comment on things he knows nothing about

DAP deplores Ghafar’s resort to the politics of fear to win the next general elections

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Thursday, May 10, 1990:

DAP deplores Ghafar’s resort to the politics of fear to win the next general elections

DAP deplores the attempt by the Deputy Prime Minister, Ghafar Baba, to resort to threats and the politics of fear to win the next general elections for the Barisan National. Continue reading DAP deplores Ghafar’s resort to the politics of fear to win the next general elections

DAP warns of MCA and Gerakan plot to create a false issue to confuse and trap the voters in the next general elections

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the two-day Dap National Election Strategy Seminar held in Batu Ferringhi, Penang on Sunday,6th May 1990 at a.m.

DAP warns of MCA and Gerakan plot to create a false issue to confuse and trap the voters in the next general elections

DAP must warn the people of MCA and Gerakan plot to create a false issueto confuse and trap the voters in the next general elections. Continue reading DAP warns of MCA and Gerakan plot to create a false issue to confuse and trap the voters in the next general elections

DAP supports the candidature of Parti Rakyat Secretary-General, Dr. Sanusi Osman, as the Opposition candidate for Balik Pulau in next general elections

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, to Balik Pulau DAP Branch leaders and supporters in Balik Pulau on Sunday,6th May 1990 at p.m.

DAP supports the candidature of Parti Rakyat Secretary-General, Dr. Sanusi Osman, as the Opposition candidate for Balik Pulau in next general elections

DAP and Semangat 46 leaders will meet in Kuala Lumpur next week for further talks about the next general elections, which will include discussions on the question of closer co-operation between DAP and Semangat 46, whether there should be a common manifesto and the allocation of seats. Continue reading DAP supports the candidature of Parti Rakyat Secretary-General, Dr. Sanusi Osman, as the Opposition candidate for Balik Pulau in next general elections

Call on Election Commission to explain the discrepancy of 26,000 voters in two sets of figures it released in a matter of two weeks on the number of new voters registered in March

PRESS Conference Statement (3) by Parliametary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Friday, 4th May 1990 at 11.30 a.m.:

Call on Election Commission to explain the discrepancy of 26,000 voters in two sets of figures it released in a matter of two weeks on the number of new voters registered in March

Penolong Setiausaha Suruhanjaya Pilihanraya, Encik Abdul Hamid Ali, was reported in the Berita Harian 25th April as saying that the Election Commission registered 411,482 new voters in the 27-day snap voters’ registration exercise from March 1 to 27. Continue reading Call on Election Commission to explain the discrepancy of 26,000 voters in two sets of figures it released in a matter of two weeks on the number of new voters registered in March

Attack on Judiciary an important reason to deny two-thirds parliamentary majority to Barisan Nasional

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the ‘Towards Tanjung 2’ Dinner organized by the Sembilan DAP State Committee in Seremban on Wednesday, 2nd May 1990 at 9 p.m.

Attack on Judiciary an important reason to deny two-thirds parliamentary majority to Barisan Nasional

The unprecedented assault on the Judiciary, the expulsion of Lord President Tun Salleh Abas and two Supreme Court judges, Tan Sri Wan Suleiman and Datuk George Seah, and the erosion of the principle of the independence of the Judiciary is an important reason why the Barisan Nasional should be denied its two-thirds parliamentary majority in the next general elections. Continue reading Attack on Judiciary an important reason to deny two-thirds parliamentary majority to Barisan Nasional

Mahathir’s interview with Chinese press last month is best rebuttal to Ghafar’s allegation that the Opposition had never given constructive views beneficial to the people

Press Conference Statement (3) by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Monday, 30th April 1990 at 11 a.m.

Mahathir’s interview with Chinese press last month is best rebuttal to Ghafar’s allegation that the Opposition had never given constructive views beneficial to the people

I want to rebut the allegation by the Deputy Prime Minister, Ghafar Baba, in Jasin, Malacca, yesterday that the Opposition in Malaysia had never given constructive views beneficial to the people. Continue reading Mahathir’s interview with Chinese press last month is best rebuttal to Ghafar’s allegation that the Opposition had never given constructive views beneficial to the people

Challenge to Keng Yaik to produce proof of secret meetings between DAP and PAS within 48 hours

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Monday, 23rd April 1990 at 11.30 a.m.

Challenge to Keng Yaik to produce proof of secret meetings between DAP and PAS within 48 hours

The pressure arising from the approach of the general elections is making many political leaders do and say the most extraordinary things. Continue reading Challenge to Keng Yaik to produce proof of secret meetings between DAP and PAS within 48 hours

Call for an independent inquiry to ascertain why Trengganu, Kelantan, Selangor, Pahang and Perlis had abnormal increase of new voters while Sarawak, Penang and Sabah had so few new voters

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at a Penang DAP ‘Towards Tanjung 2’ dinner held on Sunday, April 22, 1990 at 8 p.m.

Call for an independent inquiry to ascertain why Trengganu, Kelantan, Selangor, Pahang and Perlis had abnormal increase of new voters while Sarawak, Penang and Sabah had so few new voters

For the first time in Malaysian history, the independence of the Election Committee has come under grave public doubt. Continue reading Call for an independent inquiry to ascertain why Trengganu, Kelantan, Selangor, Pahang and Perlis had abnormal increase of new voters while Sarawak, Penang and Sabah had so few new voters