DAP to accept re-election directive
Karpal says the decision was reached last night in a CEC meeting to avert party de-registration.
Leven Woon, FMT
In an about turn, the DAP has decided to accept the Registrar of Societies’ (ROS) directive for the party to conduct fresh party polls after two weeks of objections.
DAP chairman Karpal Singh said the decision was reached in a central executive committee meeting last night.
“Despite the strong legal position of the DAP that the directive of the ROS does not have the sanctity or authority of law, to avert deregistration of party, the CEC resolved last night to hold fresh CEC elections,” he said in a statement issued this afternoon.
He said that the party had made every effort to receive from the ROS the reasons for the directive and the law upon which that directive had been based.
He also said that DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng, as recent as a few days ago, sought to meet up with the ROS to discuss the position but the ROS declined to give him an appointment.
He added that to compound the position, the party’s repeated requests to the ROS to be supplied with the complaints made against the party have been futile.
“Under the circumstances, it is with regret, that as directed by the ROS, the CEC of term 2008-2011 will meet up next Thursday to make the necessary preparations for the fresh CEC elections,” he said.
