Category: Elections

Speech BY Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General, MP for Tanjung and Assemblyman for Kampong Kolam, Lim Kit Siang, at the dinner of two Selangor DAP MPs and five Assemblymen in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday, Sept.9, 1986 at 8 p.m.

DAP MPs and Assemblymen is each State should form a special team to make special visits to rural areas to understand and espouse the problems, aspirations and grievances of the Malay poor in the rural areas.

In the 1986 General Elections , the DAP has emerged as the sole Opposition in seven State assemblies, namely Penang, Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, Malacca, Pahang and Johore, and the virtual Opposition in Parliament, except for the single PAS MP. Continue reading DAP MPs and Assemblymen is each State should form a special team to make special visits to rural areas to understand and espouse the problems, aspirations and grievances of the Malay poor in the rural areas

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secreatry-General, MP for Tanjung and Assemblymen for Kampong Kolam, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Sunday, 7.9.1986 at 11am.

DAP accepts Tunku’s challenge to be a good and responsible Opposition to check excesses of the ruling government.

Malaysian’s first Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, said in Penang on Friday that an effective opposition party is needed in a democratic country to check excesses of the ruling government and that a good and responsible opposition party would help create a more stable society. Continue reading DAP accepts Tunku’s challenge to be a good and responsible Opposition to check excesses of the ruling government.

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General, MP for Tanjong and Assemblyman for Kampong Kolam, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP thank-the-voter ceramah held at Chinese Recreation Club Hall in Seremban on Tuesday, 26.8.1986 at 9 p.m.

DAP calls on Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, to respect the votes of one million Malaysians who voted for DAP and incorporate their aspirations into the mainstream of national policies

Although the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, claimed that the Barisan Nasional had won a landslide victory, winning 148 out of 177 Parliamentary seats, the fact remains that only 55 per cent of the voters supported the Barisan Nasional. Continue reading DAP calls on Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, to respect the votes of one million Malaysians who voted for DAP and incorporate their aspirations into the mainstream of national policies

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General, MP for Tanjong and Assemblyman for Kampong Kolam, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Sunday, August 17, 1986:

Dr. Mahathir should not go on a witch-hunt but get down to the serious task of finding out the reasons why about half the total voters voted against Barisan Nasional in the General elections

The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, seems to be back on the witch-hunt, looking for ‘scapegoats’ for his government’s faults and poor general elections performance. Continue reading Dr. Mahathir should not go on a witch-hunt but get down to the serious task of finding out the reasons why about half the total voters voted against Barisan Nasional in the General elections

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General, MP for Tanjong and Assemblymen for Kampong Kolam, Lim Kit Siang, at the thank-the-voter ceramah organized by Perak DAP held at Tou Boo Kong, Ipoh on Friday, 15.8.1986 at 9p.m.

The three national leaders of MC, Gerakan and MIC, Tan Koon Swan, Dr. Lim Keng Yaik and Datuk Samy Vellu would have been defeated in the 1986 general elections if it had been a fairer elections campaign with at least 14 days

The 1986 general elections was the most unfair, unjust and undemocratic elections in Malaysia’s 29-years electoral history, designed to give the Barisan Nasianal and its component parties maximum advantage to knock out the Opposition, namely DAP and PAS. Continue reading The three national leaders of MC, Gerakan and MIC, Tan Koon Swan, Dr. Lim Keng Yaik and Datuk Samy Vellu would have been defeated in the 1986 general elections if it had been a fairer elections campaign with at least 14 days