KAMPAR: DAP’s “Malaysian Malaysia” slogan or secular agenda has never been a deterrent in getting support from the Malays, says Lim Guan Eng.
The DAP chairman said it was not an issue as the Pakatan Harapan component party had also championed the agenda when they won Penang.
“When we were the government in Penang, it was not an issue,”
Lim said this at a press conference after opening the Kampar MP and Keranji state assemblyman’s service centre here on Sunday (Sept 3).
“Nothing happened as claimed. It’s just a political game to create fear,” he added.
Lim then said that DAP has always defended the Federal Constitution.
“We have never questioned what is enshrined in the Constitution,” he added.
This is in response to Umno supreme council member Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed’s recent call for DAP to drop its “Malaysian Malaysia” slogan and secular agenda.
Nur Jazlan had said in a Facebook post that Malays are hesitant to fully support its secular state agenda, which “contradicts Islamic and Malay principles”.
In response to this, DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke has recently said that it was unnecessary for them to abandon the agenda.
On Perikatan Nasional chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s claim at a recent ceramah that the unity government wants to increase the number of Parliamentary seats to 300 from the current 222, Lim threw cold water on it.
“Only the Election Commission (EC) has the authority to do so and we do not have such information. As a former prime minister, he should know basic things like this. He (Muhyiddin) needs to address this with the EC, and not us,” said Lim.
Muhyiddin had said at a ceramah in Kempas, Johor that the unity government would undergo an electoral boundaries redelineation process if they get the two-thirds majority in Parliament.
The Pagoh MP claimed that the total number of parliamentary seats would be expanded to 300 from the current 222 seats, with the additional seats to come from urban areas.
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