GEORGE TOWN: An upset DAP grassroots leader has alleged that the party re-election held last Sunday was tainted with dirty tactics and undemocratic elements.
The DAP’s Bayan Baru parliamentary liaison committee chairman Zulkifli Mohd Noor alleged that the poll’s results had been pre-determined through the candidates’ list allegedly prepared by the party’s secretary-general Lim Guan Eng’s camp.
Describing the list as ‘menu’, he said that it was distributed to delegates during the balloting process to ensure that only candidates closely aligned with the Lim Dynasty were elected to the central executive committee (CEC).
‘Lim Dynasty’ is a term coined to describe the internal faction led by Guan Eng and his father Kit Siang.
“I realised that I will lose when my name was not in the said ‘menu’.
“It was never a free and fair electoral process,” Zulkifli (left) told a press conference here today.Also present was Penang Malay Congress president Rahmad Isahak who quit the party last week.
Zulkifli contested and lost in the CEC re-election, which was held following a directive by the Registrar of Societies (ROS). He only managed to secure 220 votes.
A few days before the party election, Zulkifli had announced his intention to be the party’s first Malay national chairman, provided incumbent Karpal Singh calls it a day and paves way for him to takeover.
ROS issued the re-election directive after its investigations found that the party polls held in Penang on Dec 15, 2012 were marred by irregularities.
Zulkifli also described the letter written by Guan Eng, in four languages, to all delegates a few days before the re-election, as a dirty campaigning tactic to maintain the CEC status quo.
He further questioned as to why candidates were only issued the delegates’ list, void of their addresses or contact numbers, a few days before polling on Sept 29.
Zulkifli received the incomplete list via courier only two days before polling.
Suspicious irregularities during balloting
Another contentious issue was in regards to the use of indelible ink during balloting.
Zulkifli claimed that the ink can be wiped out from one’s finger within three to four minutes with a piece of tissue, contrary to an earlier official announcement that it could last for a few hours.
He said he was also curious to know on whose directive the ink was used during the party polls as the CEC did not exist at that time.
Nevertheless, he said the use of ink was not mentioned in the party’s constitution.
Zulkifli also claimed to have seen many new faces, whom he never met before or seen during last year’s party polls, voting as delegates during the re-election on Sunday.
“The new CEC leadership must clarify this matter,” he said, adding that he had also seen ballot boxes being shut loosely during balloting.
He said he and other delegates were surprised to see many invited observers and guests moving freely in and out of the election hall during balloting.
Zulkifli, who was happy with his electoral performance, said that the re-election confirmed widespread belief among people that the DAP had abandoned its socialist ideals and transformed into a capitalist outfit.
Zulkifli, the former party national vice-chairman, said he was not worried about the party’s action on him for his outspokenness. He does not plan to quit the party either.
But he called on those who were destroying the party to leave DAP, especially ‘infiltrators’ from Gerakan, MCA and MIC; and those in cahoots with them.
“Zul is not important; the party is more important. The party is going down the drain. I can be a mosquito. But history says a mosquito can kill a pharaoh, who thought he was God.
“Truth is painful, but one day it will prevail. It’s no more the Malaysian Malaysia socialist party I joined 26 years ago,” claimed Zulkifli.
By Athi Shankar
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