04-17-2021, 06:56 PM
Guan Eng: Disappointing to hear Dr Mahathir’s ‘DAP extreme’ remarks, party never opposed DEB
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 — DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng today said it was disappointing to hear former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s narrative that DAP is “extreme” and had opposed policies meant to help the Malays during Pakatan Harapan’s administration.
In a statement today, Lim said DAP had never opposed any policies including the New Economic Policy (DEB) aimed to help poor Malays and give them equal opportunities.
“However, DAP did strongly oppose the dual-identification of race with wealth and race with poverty. To say that all Malays are poor or rich Chinese people is simplistic and misleading and at worst, divisive and extreme.
“DAP’s struggle for socio-economic justice is based on the principle that there should be no identification of poverty with race, and all Malaysians should be provided equal opportunity and given assistance based on needs so that the poor non-Malays are not left out. Since the majority of the poor are Malays or Bumis from Sabah and Sarawak, they will still be the biggest beneficiaries.
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