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Lim, 80, is one of the most senior MPs in the country since he started contesting in 1969.
The DAP adviser and Iskandar Puteri MP said he is even prepared to lose in the party election.
Lim then said that DAP does not advocate any de-Chinese, de-Iban, de-Indian or de-policy . We stand for the very opposite as we want Malaysians to accept that we have multiple identities – ethnic, religious, linguistic, cultural, regional – but first and foremost that we are all Malaysians, he explained.
COMMENT | DAP may not want Ronnie Liu, but it needs him
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COMMENT | In calling DAP central committee member Ronnie Liu a Chinese chauvinist , Damansara MP Tony Pua is using the same term used by DAP s political enemies that the always pugnacious Liu was talking about.
I have no idea what Liu means by Chineseness , which is fine because I have no idea what Pua and friends mean by Bangsa Malaysia or even multiracial . I do know that neither is mutually exclusive when it comes to Malaysia.
I do not see the contradiction in Liu statements as reported in the press of the DAP sticking to its Chineseness while sticking to its multiracial political stance.
PETALING JAYA: A remark about DAP by its central committee member Ronnie Liu (pix) has kicked up quite a storm within the party. He drew heavy critici.
KUALA LUMPUR, 13 April Sungai Pelek assemblyman Ronnie Liu was insulting DAP with his inference that it must “out-Chinese” the rival MCA, Damansara MP Tony Pua said. Responding to reports of Liu saying DAP should not sacrifice its Chinese identity and culture to fend off political rivals’.