Category: Parliament

Parliamentary will be dissolved and general elections held in the next hundred days

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the official opening of the Sungei Pinang DAP Branch Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday, 18th April 1990 at 8 p.m.

Parliamentary will be dissolved and general elections held in the next hundred days

Parliament should be dissolved and the general elections held in the next hundred days. There are two schools of through as to whether Parliament would be dissolved next month or in July. Continue reading Parliamentary will be dissolved and general elections held in the next hundred days

DAP-Semangat 46 co-operate will work to re-unite Malaysians who have been divided by the politics of race of the Barisan Nasional to lay a sounder basis for nation-building in the 1990s

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the Joint DAP-Semangat 46 National Ceramah held at Kluang on Saturday, 24th March 1990 at 9 pm

DAP-Semangat 46 co-operate will work to re-unite Malaysians who have been divided by the politics of race of the Barisan Nasional to lay a sounder basis for nation-building in the 1990s

Malaysian have been deeply divided by the politics of race of the Barisan Nasional to the extent that many leaders have admitted that the problem of racial polarisation is the most serious in the 33-year history of Malaysia since Independence. Continue reading DAP-Semangat 46 co-operate will work to re-unite Malaysians who have been divided by the politics of race of the Barisan Nasional to lay a sounder basis for nation-building in the 1990s

DAP calls on Dr.Mahathir to reconsider his refusal to establish a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the funding, politics of money and corruption of political parties

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, Petaling Jaya on Friday, 23rd March 1990:

DAP calls on Dr.Mahathir to reconsider his refusal to establish a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the funding, politics of money and corruption of political parties

The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr.Mahathir Mohamed, gave the people two disappointments yesterday. The first disappointment was this announcement that the government would not establish a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the funding, politics of money and corruption of political parties. Continue reading DAP calls on Dr.Mahathir to reconsider his refusal to establish a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the funding, politics of money and corruption of political parties

The Government investigating funding of opposition parties will be like multi-millionaires investigating how the poor has money to keep body and soul together

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday, 20th March 1990:

The Government investigating funding of opposition parties will be like multi-millionaires investigating how the poor has money to keep body and soul together

In my letter to the Prime Minister yesterday, I said that for the Barisan Nasional Government to investigate the funding of opposition parties would be like multi-millionaires wanting to investigate how the poor have money to keep their body and soul together!
Ruling parties loaded with unexplained wealth Continue reading The Government investigating funding of opposition parties will be like multi-millionaires investigating how the poor has money to keep body and soul together

Lim Kit Siang writes to Dr.Mahathir Mohamed for an appointment to discuss a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the funding, the politics of money and corruption in all political parties

Press Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Monday, March 19, 1990.

Lim Kit Siang writes to Dr.Mahathir Mohamed for an appointment to discuss a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the funding, the politics of money and corruption in all political parties

I have today written to the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr.Mahathir Mohamed, asking for an appointment to discuss the establishment of a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the funding, the politics of money and corruption of all political parties. Continue reading Lim Kit Siang writes to Dr.Mahathir Mohamed for an appointment to discuss a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the funding, the politics of money and corruption in all political parties

Royal Commission of Inquiry to conduct public inquiry into the funding, politics of money and corruption of all political parties

YAB Datuk Seri Dr.Mahathir Mohamed,
Perdana Menteri,
Malaysia
YAB Datuk Seri,

Royal Commission of Inquiry to conduct public inquiry into the funding, politics of money and corruption of all political parties

I am writing in regard to the UMNO Baru Youth allegation which you took up on Saturday that opposition parties are funded from overseas by ‘foreigners harbouring ill-intentions against the Government” and the Government wants to conduct investigations into the funding of opoosition parties. Continue reading Royal Commission of Inquiry to conduct public inquiry into the funding, politics of money and corruption of all political parties

Present Constitution Amendment Bill proof of the frivolous use of the Barisan Nasional two-thirds majority to indulge in the whims and fancies of the Prime Minister

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday, 14th March 1990, on the 1990 Constitution (Amendment) Bill

Present Constitution Amendment Bill proof of the frivolous use of the Barisan Nasional two-thirds majority to indulge in the whims and fancies of the Prime Minister

Parliament is now presented with another Constitutional amendment bill, whose primary purpose is to disqualify an MP for membership of the Dewan Rakyat for a period of five years if he resigns as an MP, with the same provisions for a State Assemblyman. Continue reading Present Constitution Amendment Bill proof of the frivolous use of the Barisan Nasional two-thirds majority to indulge in the whims and fancies of the Prime Minister

Four scacred objectives of DAP and Semangat 46 co-operation for the next general elections: Defend parliamentary democracy, restore human rights, ensure socio-economic justice and create national unity

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the National Joint DAP-Semangat 46 Ceramah in Selangor held at Dewan Civic, Petaling Jaya on Friday, 2nd March 19890 at 9 p.m.

Four scacred objectives of DAP and Semangat 46 co-operation for the next general elections: Defend parliamentary democracy, restore human rights, ensure socio-economic justice and create national unity

When the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Azlan Shah, officially opened Parliament last Monday, he called on all Malaysians to uphold their patriotism to preserve the system of Parliamentary Democracy and Constitutional Monarchy. Continue reading Four scacred objectives of DAP and Semangat 46 co-operation for the next general elections: Defend parliamentary democracy, restore human rights, ensure socio-economic justice and create national unity

DAP access UMNO Baru and Barisan Nasional Government of trying to subvert the independence and integrity of the Election Commission

Continued Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat during the debate on the Royal Address on Wednesday 28, 1990

DAP access UMNO Baru and Barisan Nasional Government of trying to subvert the independence and integrity of the Election Commission

Yesterday, before the adjournment of the House, I was developing the theme that ever since the August 1986 general elections, Parliamentary Democracy had been greatly undermined by a series of year-by-year assaults on the fundamental rights, principles and institutions without which there could be no meaningful parliamentary democracy. Continue reading DAP access UMNO Baru and Barisan Nasional Government of trying to subvert the independence and integrity of the Election Commission

All Malaysians should respond as one and rally to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s call for the defence of Parliamentary democracy in Malaysia

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat during the debate on the Royal Address on Tuesday, February 27, 1990

All Malaysians should respond as one and rally to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s call for the defence of Parliamentary democracy in Malaysia

I rise to support the Motion of Thanks to the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Azlan Shah, for His Majesty’s gracious speech to the Joint Session of Parliament yesterday. Continue reading All Malaysians should respond as one and rally to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s call for the defence of Parliamentary democracy in Malaysia