DAP Announces Pakatan Rakyat's End
Lim said DAP accepted PAS's 61st Muktamar's motion to sever ties with the party.
By Sadho Ram — 16 Jun 2015, 01:57 PM
After Pakatan Rakyat's Demise, 3 DAP Reps In Kelantan To Quit
DAP representatives of the Kelantan government are set to resign after the party announced that Pakatan Rakyat no longer exists. This was disclosed by DAP’s communications organisation coordinator for Kelantan and Terengganu Lee Chin Chen.
thestar.com.mySignalling the end of their love affair, three DAP representatives have decided to quit their Kelantan village chief posts after their party leadership declared game over for the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) pact today. The three are Tang Chee Hung of Kampung Pulai, Irene Tan from a village in the state constituency of Tanjung Mas and David Ng Yang Seng from Kota Lama.
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Lee said that DAP’s Kelantan and Terengganu communications organisation committee supported the central executive committee (CEC)’s decision and the move to quit is final.
“This action is important to protect the dignity of the party and also to give our support to the CEC. The DAP coordinators are disappointed by PAS’ efforts to implement the Syariah Criminal Code II (1993) in Kelantan on hudud. PAS’ action was objected by DAP because it was against Pakatan Rakyat’s joint policy framework and also the Federal Constitution. The hudud proposal which was stressed by PAS did not even consider the thoughts of the non-Muslims,” said Lee in a statement.
He also urged PAS representatives who held government positions in the DAP-led Penang state to follow their example and quit their office.
Hostilities between the two federal opposition parties have been simmering for months, following PAS’ hudud push which the DAP maintains was never part of their pact’s common policy agreement.
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The Pakatan Rakyat (People's Alliance), an informal Malaysian political coalition, controlling three state governments (PKR, DAP, and PAS) while in opposition to the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) at the federal level, has ceased to exist as of 16 June 2015
Pakatan Rakyat was formed by the People's Justice Party (PKR), Democratic Action Party (DAP), and Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) on 1 April 2008, after the 12th Malaysian general election, having previously formed the Barisan Alternatif (Alternative Front) in the 10th general election.
Penang chief minister and DAP's secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said the DAP central executive committee had unanimously resolved while accepting PAS's 61st Muktamar's motion to sever ties with the party that Pakatan Rakyat has met its demise
"The DAP central executive committee accepts the PAS muktamar's motion to sever ties with DAP and effectively, that Pakatan ceases to exist.
"As Pakatan was formed by the three parties based on consensus and bound by the common policy framework, the PAS muktamar's motion effectively killed off Pakatan.
"Pakatan therefore ceases to exist," he added in a statement.
According to The Malaysian Insider, DAP will work with PKR and other forces to end Umno and BN's one-party hold on federal power
"The immediate effect on the Selangor state government will be DAP's support for the leadership of Selangor Menteri Besar Mohd Azmin Ali to re-frame the state government with a new functioning coalition based on the common policy and the Selangor GE 2013 election manifesto that received an overwhelming mandate of more than 60% of the popular vote," he added.
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