In the wake of the twin by-elections last Saturday, there is a sense of hopelessness enveloping Malaysians. Suddenly, to defeat the UMNO/Barisan Nasional juggernaut seems a distant dream for many. The idea of “New Politics” replacing the “Old Order” seems impossible too. Some opine that…
In the aftermath of the twin by-elections in Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar yesterday, it is undeniable that the Opposition is at its lowest ebbs since the 2008 general election. Both the Opposition and the nation are at a crossroad. We will either soon be…
The outcome of the twin by-elections in Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar will have huge bearing on the political realignment nationally. Since the 2013 general election, Malaysian politics experienced several massive political earthquakes, namely, First, after two years of intense battle, the conservatives and progressives…
The DAP Johor State Committee which met on 29 May 2016 resolved to form an Election Preparation Committee and reshuffle the following Committee portfolios. The newly-formed Election Preparation Committee will be headed by DAP Johor Chairman Liew Chin Tong. Former DAP State Organising Secretary Lim…
Speech by DAP National Political Education Director and MP for Kluang Liew Chin Tong on 27th April 2016 at a Skype Teleconferencing Call to DAP Ceramah in Sibu (released on 28th April 2016) How I wish I am in Sibu with you tonight. I have…
Barisan Nasional spin doctors have been working overtime to create an impression that the DAP Secretary-General and Penang Chief Minister, Lim Guan Eng, has abused his power for personal gains. They are spreading the lie that Guan Eng had bought a house at discounted price…
There was very little prospect of winning elections, not to mention running government, when Dr. Chen Man Hin and the first generation leaders formed the DAP, with Lim Kit Siang as the party’s sole full-time staff, on 18th March 1966. As Lim Kit Siang puts…
Speech by DAP National Political Education Director, Liew Chin Tong, when tabling the motion in the party’s transformational debate during the DAP National Retreat 2016 on 16th January 2016 at Grand Dorsett Hotel, Subang Jaya, Selangor. (Liew Chin Tong is recovering from Bell’s palsy. This…
Over the course of the last half century, numerous attempts by the ruling elite to silence Lim Kit Siang had failed. The latest – suspending him from Parliament for half a year – will not silence Kit Siang’s voice for the nation. On the contrary,…
Media statement by DAP Johor Chairman Liew Chin Tong in Johor Bahru on 13th October 2015 The DAP Johor State Convention in Batu Pahat on Sunday 11th October 2015 elected 15 members to the State Committee for the 2015-2017 term. In any election, there will be winners…