Race-driven politics here to stay unless public mindset changes: DAP leaders

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GEORGE TOWN – Politics driven by race and religion will continue to prevail until the average Malaysian begins to shun them, upon realising they have brought the country nowhere in this age of globalisation, said a DAP leader.

Party central executive committee member P. Ramasamy said that until the ordinary folk are fed up and begin to abandon such shallow politics, the ruse of using race and religion by elite groups will continue.

Commenting on why DAP continues to be seen as a bogeyman by Malay/Bumiputera groups, the Penang deputy chief minister said that it is difficult to fight parties that champion race and religious issues, as such issues have been institutionalised in the country.

The Perai rep told The Vibes that it is difficult for DAP to shed its anti-Malay image because the stigma has long been attached to the party.

He said he does not see it as a DAP leadership issue, but more of a perception intentionally sowed by rivals who have much to lose if multiracialism reigns in the country.

Of course, he said, it also does not help that the party in the past was perceived to be dominated by the Chinese, but DAP has changed with an outreach to all Malaysians.

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