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DAP has sent a letter to PAS proposing a meeting of top leaders of both parties to discuss the current political situation

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at a DAP MPs’ Dinner held in Petaling Jaya on Wednesday, 20th June 1990 at 8 p.m.

DAP has sent a letter to PAS proposing a meeting of top leaders of both parties to discuss the current political situation

I have today sent a letter to the PAS President, Fadzil Nor, proposing a meeting of top DAP and PAS leaders to discuss the current political situation. Continue reading DAP has sent a letter to PAS proposing a meeting of top leaders of both parties to discuss the current political situation

DAP to take the initiative to propose talks with PAS leaders on the political situation and the next general elections

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Friday, 15th June 1990:

DAP to take the initiative to propose talks with PAS leaders on the political situation and the next general elections

The DAP Central Executive Committee, at its meeting in Petaling Jaya last night, decided unanimously to take the initiative to propose talks with PAS leaders on the political situation and the next general elections. Continue reading DAP to take the initiative to propose talks with PAS leaders on the political situation and the next general elections

Kit Siang proposes meeting of DAP and PAS leaders on how to save democracy

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at a ‘Towards Tanjung Two’ Dinner in Sitiawan on 2nd June 1990 at 9 p.m.

Kit Siang proposes meeting of DAP and PAS leaders on how to save democracy

Gerakan President, Datuk Dr. Lim Keng Yaik, has put up in his Bruas constituency the black Gerakan poster, depicting me as wearing a songkok, perched on a rocket, secretly co-operating with PAS President, Fadzil Nor, with the words ‘DAP and PAS Join Hands For Islamic State’. Continue reading Kit Siang proposes meeting of DAP and PAS leaders on how to save democracy

DAP welcomes the motion of PAS General Assembly authorising talks with DAP

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition leader, DAP Secretary-¬General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at a ‘Towards Tanjung 2’ Dinner held at Bukit Mertajam on Wednesday, 30th May 1990 at 9 p.m.

DAP welcomes the motion of PAS General Assembly authorising talks with DAP

I welcome thy PAS Muktamar motion on Sunday authorising the PAS leadership to have talks with the DAP and other political parties and organisations on the political situation in the country. Continue reading DAP welcomes the motion of PAS General Assembly authorising talks with DAP

DAP CEC will meet on 18th July to decide on the question of the United Opposition Front as well as the Party’s Election Manifesto

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Kota Kinabalu on Thursday, July 10, 1986

DAP CEC will meet on 18th July to decide on the question of the United Opposition Front as well as the Party’s Election Manifesto

We have received the proposed declaration for the United Opposition Front as suggested but PAS. But as it contains Sections which run against the very policy and objectives of the DAP, such as the question of an Islamic State and Islamic leadership for any political movement in Malaysia, the matter will be discussed and decided by the DAP CEC on July 18. Continue reading DAP CEC will meet on 18th July to decide on the question of the United Opposition Front as well as the Party’s Election Manifesto

A decade of unity and reconciliation

(Speech by the Parliamentary Leader, DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on the debate on Royal Address on March 18, 1980)

I rise to support the Motion of Thanks to His Majesty for His Gracious Address to both Houses of Parliament yesterday.

His Majesty, at the outset of His Gracious Address, rightly reminded us that this session takes place during a historically significant period. We are entering the decade of the Eighties. This year is also the last year of the Third Malaysia Plan and the mid-way mark of the 20-year Perspective New Economic Policy of the Government.
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The Kelantan political crisis has been allowed to deteriorate for far too long. The best solution is the dissolution of the Kelantan State Assembly to give the people – the final judges in a democratic system – to decide who is to form the new government.

Statement by Lim Kit Siang, Parliamentary Opposition Leader DAP Secretary General issued on 29th October, 1977

The Kelantan political crisis has been allowed to deteriorate for far too long. The best solution is the dissolution of the Kelantan State Assembly to give the people – the final judges in a democratic system – to decide who is to form the new government.

I call on PAS and UMNO to agree to the dissolution of the Kelantan State Government to solve the political crisis in Kelantan. Continue reading The Kelantan political crisis has been allowed to deteriorate for far too long. The best solution is the dissolution of the Kelantan State Assembly to give the people – the final judges in a democratic system – to decide who is to form the new government.