Provide DAP delegate list

DISCLOSURE: Former branch chief urges two leaders to name people in CEC elections

BUTTERWORTH: FORMER Jalan Bagan Luar DAP branch chief G. Asoghan has challenged  DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng and the party's national organising secretary, Anthony Loke, to furnish two lists of delegates involved in the controversial central executive committee (CEC) elections in Penang last December.

The first, he said, was for all the 2,576 delegates eligible to vote, and the second, those who had actually attended the elections.

"Why are they taking so long to reveal the lists? If there is nothing wrong with the delegates' attendance, then why is it so difficult for them to reveal it?" he asked.

He said the party should prove its transparency by forwarding the list of names to DAP leaders Datuk Teng Chang Kim, Boo Cheng Chai, Chow Kon Yeow, Ngeh Koo Ham and Nga Kor Ming, as well as to the public.

Asoghan also demanded that the party explain the alleged presence of 547 illegal delegates.

"We also want to know if it was true that there were 547 illegal delegates from Penang who had attended and had cast their votes during the CEC elections, and there were 1,300 eligible delegates who were not notified to attend the party CEC election."

Asoghan also called on Lim and Loke to respond to claims that the actual number of DAP delegates not notified of the CEC elections was 1,300 and not 753 as reported earlier.

"Lim and Loke must prove DAP's transparency by revealing the list of names of the 1,823 delegates who had attended and also the list of names of the 753 people who were not notified to attend the election," Asoghan said during

Asoghan said many grassroots members were anxious to know the truth behind the allegations of manipulation during the CEC election.

It was reported earlier that the Registrar of Society (RoS) did not recognise the party CEC's results, following complaints lodged by party members unhappy with irregularities found in the party's election results the party attributed to a "technical" glitch.

The glitch had caused party activist Vincent Wu to be moved to the 26th spot from his original sixth position, giving way to Lim's political secretary Zairil Khir Johari, who was originally in the 39th position, to move up to the 20th spot in the CEC election at the party's national congress in Penang on Dec 15 last year.

The party was also lambasted when 753 Indian members claimed that they were not notified of the CEC elections despite being eligible delegates.

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DAP leaders to complain to RoS

Two Indian-led branches fail to receive notice to convene AGMs

SEREMBAN: DAP has come under another round of fresh allegations that it is marginalising the party's Indian members.

The allegation comes from two Indian-led DAP branches in Negri Sembilan which failed to receive notice to convene their branch annual general meetings (AGMs).

The leaders are upset their branches were removed by their headquarters from a list of branches supposed to hold their AGMs.

DAP Desa Dahlia branch president Richard Francis Soosay said he had no inkling as to why his branch was removed from the list although he had never resigned from the party.

"We have waited patiently until today as it's the last day to issue the notice. The party branch should be given seven days' notice to conduct an AGM according to the party's constitution.

"We believe this is DAP's tactic to marginalise and terminate those branches whose leaders were vocal in their disapproval in the party."

DAP Nilai Perdana deputy president S. Rajashegher said the action taken by DAP headquarters showed the party's aim to marginalise Indians in the party. This is because most of individuals whose names were terminated from the party's list recently comprised Indian members.

"This time, whole branches were terminated. It is unseemly to deny our rights as we are still legal DAP members and possess 'Certificate A', which indicates that the branch has paid its annual fees and thus qualified to hold its AGM."

He said DAP members sacked by the party should have been given notices and 14 days time to justify the sacking to the party's disciplinary board.

Present were Ladang Paroi DAP deputy chairman David Dass, former Negri Sembilan Wanita DAP deputy chief K. Saroja Devi, Taman Tuanku Jaafar DAP branch chairman S. Palniyandi and Taman Paroi DAP branch deputy chairman P. Jeganath.

Dass said his rights were denied when he did not receive any letter to attend his branch AGM recently.

"The same goes for leaders from the Ladang Regent and Taman Tuanku Jaafar DAP branches."

He believes this was due to his vocal views on party matters.

Dass said he and others not issued formal notices would lodge complaints with the Registrar of Societies in Putrajaya tomorrow.

He also urged state opposition chief Anthony Loke Siew Fook, who is also DAP organising secretary, to step down.