YB. R.S.N RAYER - A.D.U.N. SERI DELIMA, PENANG

PETALING JAYA: The DAP has revealed a 14-point proposed Budget 2009 which, among others, aims to protect oil revenue, invest in education and create an efficient transport system.
It said it would also renegotiate contracts, implement a fair wage policy, have an open, competitive and transparent tender system as well as for auctions and to revitalise Malaysian small and medium industries.
The budget proposed to restructure personal income taxes, introduce green taxes and to revive the information communications and technology sector.

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KUALA LUMPUR: The Democratic Action Party (DAP) will reject any proposal to turn Malaysia into a theocratic state.
In reaffirming the party's secular state policy, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said, "whether an Islamic or a Christian state, it is contrary to our vision of a civil society that is multicultural and multi-religious.
"(It also) violates the Federal Constitution,” he said in his speech at the 15th DAP National Congress here on Saturday.

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Taking on the role of ruling party is not as easy as the DAP once thought, as a surge in interest swells its ranks and a new crop of young leaders vie with veterans for top positions.
SUCCESS brings its own challenges as seen in the sharp rise in members and branches in the DAP and now candidates contesting for a place in the party’s Central Executive Committee over the weekend.
About 70 candidates filed to contest for the 20 CEC positions but with withdrawals, the numbers are down to about 60 – still a big number for a small opposition party that after March 8 was suddenly transformed into a ruling party directly in Penang and in coalition in Perak and Selangor, the three richest and most developed states in the federation.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Two father and son teams were voted into the 20-member central executive committee of the DAP in the party elections.
There was a loud applause when speaker Sim Tong Him announced yesterday that party adviser Lim Kit Siang had received the highest votes – 624 while his son, Guan Eng, the Penang Chief Minister, garnered four fewer votes.
Chairman Karpal Singh obtained 471 votes to be in the ninth spot while his son Gobind Singh Deo with 305 votes was placed 20th.

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KUALA LUMPUR: The DAP has amended its constitution to prevent those with less than two-years membership to contest state and parliamentary seats and also for party positions at state and national levels.
However, the central executive committee (CEC) has been given the power to make exceptions.
Another amendment provides for the CEC to set up state committees, parliamentary liaison committees and branches for state and parliamentary constituencies.

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THERE was stunned silence when delegate Azahari Ismail walked to the rostrum at the 15th DAP national congress on Saturday and recited Islamic verses before launching into a spirited speech in Bahasa on how to consolidate and expand on the DAP victories of March 8.

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The afternoon session ended in a ‘deadlock’ when Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and Opposition leader Datuk Azhar Ibrahim (BN-Penaga) refused to answer each other’s questions on the three shelved mega projects in Penang.
Lim had tabled a motion and asked all state representatives, including those from the opposition, to unite in defending the rights of Penangites and seeking justice and equal treatment from the Federal Government.

During the arguments, RSN Rayer (DAP-Seri Delima) lashed out at Azhar for urging the Federal Government to pull back the mega projects shortly after Pakatan Rakyat took over Penang and questioned the opposition’s sincerity in representing the people.
Rayer also said the opposition was berdolak-dalih (beating about the bush) and bersandiwara (putting up an act), and Azhar was controlling the other opposition state representatives, preventing them from speaking their own minds.

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