Shafie: Karpal-Rama feud a time bomb

(The Star) – The feud between DAP national chairman Karpal Singh and deputy secretary-general Dr P. Ramasamy shows that there is a crack in the party, Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said.

He said the feud could be just the tip of an iceberg with a bigger fight ahead.

“When leaders of a political party quarrel openly and start calling names, what does that mean?

“It only shows that they are actually not on good terms with each other and a fight is waiting to break out just like a time bomb,” he said yesterday.

Shafie said if the people analysed the on-going spat between the two DAP leaders, they would realise that it was about cronyism.

“Apparently, cronyism is practised widely in the party and that made its senior leaders upset.

“I think many DAP members are aware of this and they are waiting for someone to express it on their behalf,” he said.

Karpal and Dr Ramasamy have been engaged in a tit-for-tat feud over the past week, after the former chastised the latter for allegedly offering seats to certain leaders in exchange for their support and loyalty.

In an apparent dig at Dr Ramasamy, Karpal also said the DAP had no place for “warlords”.

Dr Ramasamy denied that he had offered any seat and launched a veiled attack on Karpal by saying that DAP had no place for “godfathers”.