Vote wisely in the DAP polls, get rid off “Great Leader’s elitist squad”

By Ronnie Liu

 

IN the movie “Roots”, Kunta Kinte told the story of his ancestor, a Black man captured from Gambia and landed as a slave in the US. Perhaps, this is why human beings are very interested to know their roots or genealogy.

In botany, roots serve as anchors of plants, absorbing water and dissolve minerals to create the plant’s food supply. In short, it is the foundation of the very plant.

Both human beings and nature understand that roots are the raison d’êter of any organisation. For political parties, the roots determine its success of failure.

During our colonial days, Johor was the last battle ground of the British forces (before the fall of Singapore) to the Japanese army on Feb 15, 1942.

Coming to my point, this weekend, the doyen of DAP elitist leader is down in Johor to defend his team and fight the marginalised grassroots, whose only mistake is being loyal to the party.

Johor has been an Achilles’ heel to DAP as the state has been Umno and MCA’s strongholds, as both were founded there.

For years, the former DAP state chairperson and his team worked hard to reach out to Johoreans, with the help of the grassroots. Once the fruits were ripe for picking and sensing Johor will embrace Pakatan Harapan, he was dropped and thrown out unceremoniously.

Hence, the elitists simply enjoyed the fruits of the labour by grassroots after the 2018 general election. Is this fair?

Ultimately, the contest in Johor is not about fighting for power, but a fight between right and wrong.

In short, the peaceful rise of the grassroots is all about returning the party back to its altruist values; Being the voice of the voiceless, defending the marginalised and downtrodden, regardless of their race, religion and social status.

Let us go back to what DAP is all about, which is competent, accountable and transparent (CAT).

I wish to remind DAP members in Johor that our goal is to serve the people, not to scheme and make way for the “Third Return of the Great Leader” to become Prime Minister again.

Please my dear DAP members, not only you should do the right thing but you must also do it for the grassroots. Vote wisely. – May 1, 2021.

 

Ronnie Liu is the state assemblyman for Sungai Pelek state constituency. He is also the DAP central executive committee member and the Selangor DAP secretary.

The views expressed are solely of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Focus Malaysia.

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