‘Outright cheating’ at DAP elections

MANIPULATION: 450 ‘observers’ allowed to vote in CEC polls, says ex-veep

(NST) –  A FORMER DAP vice-chairman has alleged some 450 observers were allowed to vote in the party’s recent re-election exercise of its central executive committee (CEC).

Zulkifli Mohd Noor claimed the CEC had cheated by “upgrading” the status of the observers, from 120 divisions, to allow them to manipulate the outcome of the Sept 29 re-election exercise.

“DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng was aware of this and he allowed it to happen. By right, he should not be getting the 1,301 votes but he was saved by the 450 ‘delegates’,” he told reporters here yesterday.

Zulkifli, who is also Bayan Baru DAP division chairman, said the CEC should have used the original delegates’ list for the re-election exercise.

“The cheating was obvious. Lim and the CEC have brought shame to the party. This outright cheating should have never happened.”

He said the party’s disciplinary committee should issue show-cause letters to Lim and the other CEC members.

“The Registrar of Societies should also investigate.”

It was reported that Kluang member of parliament Liew Chin Tong came up tops in the re-election exercise while Guan Eng and his father, Lim Kit Siang, dropped to second and fifth places respectively.

The Lims occupied the two top spots in the first polls last December.

However, there were no surprises in the CEC re-election results as all 20 previously elected members retained their spots.

The polls saw 2,576 members from about 1,000 branches voting at a hotel in Petaling Jaya.