Use safe seats to get more Malays elected, DAP told

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PETALING JAYA: A political scientist has proposed that DAP field more Malay candidates in “safe seats”, thereby increasing the number of Malay elected representatives in its ranks and bolstering its position as a multiracial party.

James Chin of the University of Tasmania said unless DAP had a significant number of Malay state assembly members and MPs, it would be difficult to present itself as multiracial.

“If they can increase the number of Malay candidates elected, that will make a huge difference,” he told FMT.

“It’s not just the number of candidates fielded, but the number of candidates elected,” he said when commenting on the DAP’s efforts to boost Malay support.

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