Johor polls: DAP to continue fight against unfair policies concerning livelihoods, says Guan Eng

KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng in the aftermath of the Johor state election said that the party will continue to fight against policies concerning the livelihoods of the people.

The Bagan MP said that the party will ensure that they will serve their best in the 10 seats that they bagged yesterday.

“DAP accepts the verdict of the people and congratulates the victors. DAP hopes that promises made will be fulfilled. DAP and Pakatan Harapan (PH) will continue to defend the people’s livelihood by fighting rising prices, rejecting taxes of foreign-sourced income and opposing the excessive increase in compound fines for Covid-19 SOPs violations to RM10,000 for individuals and RM1 million for companies.

“For those 10 seats DAP has won, DAP will ensure that our elected representatives serve the people to the best of their ability to fulfil the trust given by the rakyat. For the four seats DAP lost, we will conduct a post-mortem,” he said.

Lim also said that the service performance of the previously elected representatives had an effect on the four seats that lost in the state polls.

“I have spoken to all 4 losing candidates and they are committed to continuing to serve in the constituencies even though they have lost.

“DAP and PH must correct our weaknesses, especially in communicating to the public a united Opposition to BN under PH’s “big tent” approach,” he added.

Lim said that the party is committed to looking after, helping and defending the rights of all Malaysians regardless of race and religion under the Malaysian First concept.

Yesterday, it was announced that BN’s promise of political stability soared throughout Johor after the coalition won 40 out of 56 seats available to form the state government.

PH including PKR only won 12 seats, while its ally Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda) won a seat, followed by Perikatan Nasional with three seats.

Meanwhile, three maiden parties Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (Pejuang) lost all their deposits in 42 seats contested, Parti Warisan, and Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) lost all their seats.