CEC re-election not legitimate, claims DAP man

(NST) – The recent DAP central executive committee (CEC) re-election may be flawed, having failed to follow the party’s constitution.

Taman Sri Sungai Pelek branch member Wong Yu Liuh alleged that the re-election, held on Sept 29, was not in accordance with the party’s constitution, as it had to be held 10 weeks after noticed was served.

He said DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng had failed to adhere to the party’s constitution by holding the re-election within four weeks.

“In the constitution, 10 weeks is stipulated.

“Members should be in agreement with chairman Karpal Singh.

“He had said a fresh CEC election was to be held in November.

“That would have been in accordance with the minimum 10 weeks stated in the constitution,” he said yesterday.

Wong had earlier submitted a letter of complaint to Registrar of Societies (RoS) management director Desmond Das against Lim for not abiding by the party’s constitution.

He said members were aware that the re-election had breached the constitution, as it was conducted as the CEC National Special Congress, instead of the National Congress, as directed by RoS.

“I hope that with the letter of complaint, RoS will act accordingly to investigate the matter before recognising the results of the CEC re-election.”