Category: UMNO

DAP calls on Parliament to vote out any government requests for supplementary funds until the government has produced a satisfactory formula to honour its Gopeng by-election pledge of full ‘dollar-for-dollar’ cash refund to 588,000 co-operative depositors by latest March 1989

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on Friday, July 3, 1987 on the 1986 and 1987 Supplementary Supply and Development Estimates

DAP calls on Parliament to vote out any government requests for supplementary funds until the government has produced a satisfactory formula to honour its Gopeng by-election pledge of full ‘dollar-for-dollar’ cash refund to 588,000 co-operative depositors by latest March 1989

From the government’s parliamentary performance at the current meeting so far, one could not be blamed for thinking that the Dewan Rakyat was called primarily to enabled the government to ask and get approval for supplementary operating and development estimates for 1986 and this year. Continue reading DAP calls on Parliament to vote out any government requests for supplementary funds until the government has produced a satisfactory formula to honour its Gopeng by-election pledge of full ‘dollar-for-dollar’ cash refund to 588,000 co-operative depositors by latest March 1989

CABINET RESHUFFLE: WINNER TAKE ALL AND LOSERS LOSE ALL AFTER UMNO PRESIDENTIAL AND SUPREME COUNCIL ELECTIONS

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Wednesday, 20.5.1987:

CABINET RESHUFFLE: WINNER TAKE ALL AND LOSERS LOSE ALL AFTER UMNO PRESIDENTIAL AND SUPREME COUNCIL ELECTIONS

The first message from the cabinet reshuffle by Dr. Mahathir yesterday is that in the UMNO Presidential & Supreme Council Elections three weeks ago the winners take all and the losers lose all. Continue reading CABINET RESHUFFLE: WINNER TAKE ALL AND LOSERS LOSE ALL AFTER UMNO PRESIDENTIAL AND SUPREME COUNCIL ELECTIONS

Gerakan only opposes MCA Scandals but not UMNO Scandals

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Saturday, May31, 1986:

Gerakan only opposes MCA Scandals but not UMNO Scandals.

The statements by the Gerakan President, Datuk Dr. Lim Keng Yaik, has made it very clear that the Gerakan is a seat-oriented party which subordinates its political principles and objectives whether it could get more seats or not. Continue reading Gerakan only opposes MCA Scandals but not UMNO Scandals

Ten Basis for National Unity

The 2M Government’s call for an efficient and competent administrator cannot succeed unless Parliament, as well as Ministers and Deputy Ministers, set an example of efficiency and competence.

I am concerned that Ministry and Deputy Ministers are becoming slipshod in their work, showing lack of grasp and sometimes total ignorance of their Ministerial responsibility, and when they do this in Parliament, they are not only doing their Ministerial posts a disservice, they are also showing Parliament no respect. Continue reading Ten Basis for National Unity

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.

Coalition Politics in Malaysia

Coalition politics seems to have become the latest political fashion and trend in Malaysia. It has become the talking point of the country – as confirmed by this evening’s forum – especially with the impending coalition negotiations between UMNO and PAS, and today’s press report that the Gerakan may dissolve itself to join the MCA.

Coalition politics is not new in Malaysia. In fact, the Alliance Party is itself a coalition of three communal political parties, or to be more correct, between UMNO on the one hand, and the MCA and MIC on the other. Continue reading Coalition Politics in Malaysia