Dr M says it, too - DAP polls results just a ploy
BernamaPublished: Jan 7, 2013 10:50 PM | Updated: Jan 8, 2013 2:23 AM
The surprise amendment to the results of the recent DAP central executive committee (CEC) election was today dismissed by former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad as a political ploy to fish for Malay votes in the coming 13th general election.
Surprise change to results of recent CEC election a political ploy to fish for Malay votes in 13th general election, says the former PM.
The surprise amendment to the results of the recent DAP central executive committee (CEC) election was today dismissed by former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad as a political ploy to fish for Malay votes in the coming 13th general election.
Mahathir said DAP was forced to rectify the official results of the CEC election announced last Dec 15 as all the eight Malay candidates lost in the contest.
He claimed that DAP's strategy of changing the results three weeks after the CEC election was just to hoodwink the Malays.
"It was not an error. The election was real but when the party found that no Malay was elected to the CEC, it blamed it on technical error (in the tabulation of votes).
"Don't tell me they are that stupid to be unable to count the votes. If they can't even do this, then they are incapable of governing the country.
"It (amending the results) is just a political ploy. It's all so ridiculous. Actually, all the Malay candidates were not elected (to the CEC) at all," Mahathir added when asked to comment on the matter.
Earlier, he attended a dialogue with veteran members of the Malaysian Association of Youth Clubs at the Perdana Leadership Foundation building in Putrajaya.
The Chinese-dominated DAP has been heavily criticised by several quarters when all eight Malay candidates contesting the CEC seats lost at the party's 16th National Congress last month.
However, last week, DAP announced that there was a technical error in the counting of votes and amended the results, with Zairil Khir Johari, political secretary to the Penang chief minister who was earlier announced to have lost, to have actually made it to the CEC.
- Bernama
Mahathir said DAP was forced to rectify the official results of the CEC election announced last Dec 15 as all the eight Malay candidates lost in the contest.
He claimed that DAP's strategy of changing the results three weeks after the CEC election was just to hoodwink the Malays.
"It was not an error. The election was real but when the party found that no Malay was elected to the CEC, it blamed it on technical error (in the tabulation of votes).
"Don't tell me they are that stupid to be unable to count the votes. If they can't even do this, then they are incapable of governing the country.
"It (amending the results) is just a political ploy. It's all so ridiculous. Actually, all the Malay candidates were not elected (to the CEC) at all," Mahathir added when asked to comment on the matter.
Earlier, he attended a dialogue with veteran members of the Malaysian Association of Youth Clubs at the Perdana Leadership Foundation building in Putrajaya.
The Chinese-dominated DAP has been heavily criticised by several quarters when all eight Malay candidates contesting the CEC seats lost at the party's 16th National Congress last month.
However, last week, DAP announced that there was a technical error in the counting of votes and amended the results, with Zairil Khir Johari, political secretary to the Penang chief minister who was earlier announced to have lost, to have actually made it to the CEC.
- Bernama
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