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MALAYSIA CHINESE BASE PARTY FILELDING A MALAY IN TELOK INTAN BY ELECTION


Against all odds, fielding Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud in the Teluk Intan by-election represents a moral victory for Malaysia Chinese base opposition party DAP in its fight against race-based politics even if the party loses the vote, according to DAP’s publicity chief Tony Pua.

The DAP Teluk Intan campaign director acknowledged that fielding a Malay candidate in a Chinese majority constituency at a time when the controversy over the hudud continues to rage is a risky move that 
could backfire.

  • “It’s an attempt, a game-changing attempt fraught with risk, but something that must be taken to pursue our ideals of a Malaysian Malaysia,” Pua said in an interview with The Malay Mail Online.
  • “If we were to lose the election, it’s a battle lost for a war to be won.”

The 26-year-old Dyana Sofya will go against Barisan Nasional’s (BN) Datuk Mah Siew Keong, the president of Gerakan who is twice her age, in the May 31 by-election.

Mah was Teluk Intan MP for two terms before he lost to the DAP in the 2008 and 2013 general elections, when the ruling BN coalition lost its  customary two-thirds parliamentary majority.

The DAP, widely seen as a predominantly Chinese party, has 36 lawmakers in parliament .Of the total only two are Malays — Zairil Khir Johari (Bukit Bendera) and Datuk Ariff Sabri Abdul Aziz, otherwise known as Sakmongkol AK47 (Raub). 

Source: Agency

Fielding Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud in the Teluk Intan by-election represents a moral victory for DAP in its fight against race-based politics even if the party loses the vote, according to DAP’s publicity chief Tony Pua - See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/dyanas-teluk-intan-bid-a-moral-victory-regardless-of-outcome-says-dap#sthash.uitmOn0F.dpuf
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