Zairil is an elected CEC member in DAP: Is this a mishap of miscalculation or calculated strategic manoeuvre?

K. Fernandez

It has now been confirmed that 30-year old Zairil Khir Johari’s numbering was switched with Vincent Wu Him Ven. This draws further flak and speculation to two burdening questions whether the elections in DAP totality is fraudulent and if Zairil’s new ‘election results’ is a political manoeuvre.

Both seem relevant because Zairil came under fire because of his age and dual appointment as political secretary to Lim Guan Eng and the high paying Penang Economy Institute job that the latter holds.

Lim Guan Eng came to his rescue by saying that Zairil Khir Johari has a Masters and that his father was the first Minister of Education in Malaysia. Doubts about his paternal linkages have already come under speculation and his tertiary achievements do not justify Lim Guan Eng’s claims.

‘I sincerely apologise to all the DAP members and congress delegates for the mistakes made in the tabulation process’ said officer for the election Pooi Weng Keong. Zairil Khir Johari recently demanded that the election commission resign because of vote buying, and many are waiting for his statement on DAP’s vote counting stint.

Rest assured Datuk Ambiga will not seek a Bersih in DAP though the party does not practice clean and fair elections.