August 28, 2012
Lim Guan Eng: We work for a People, not for Titles
by Nigel Aw@www.malaysiakini.com
DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng stressed currently DAP is not in governing body to pursue
datukship, though declined to tread in to politically-sensitive waters upon either a celebration will shift a unwritten rule of not accepting such titles.
"This is a dangerous question. If we answer you will accept, it will crop up as if you have been in for titles; if we say will not accept, you will crop up as if you have been disrespectful to a royalty," Lim told a press conference at a DAP domicile in Kuala Lumpur.
He was responding to Sekinchan state assemblyperson Ng Suee Lim's suggestion that celebration leaders accept such titles from a Malay rulers to prevent a celebration from being labelled as anti-Malay as well as anti-royalty.
Lim pronounced a make a difference did not arise as no pretension was being offering to DAP member at present. "I don't consider there is any emanate about us not respecting a royalty. The Sultans will need to endowment them first, so a make a difference does not arise," he said.
Lim combined that a party's main purpose would still remain serving a rakyat, rsther than than for titles. "I am gentle being called saudara (mister). Even after we retire, we will be gentle with it," pronounced Lim, who is additionally Penang Chief Minister.
The emanate of state titles arose in late 2010 after speculation that DAP's Sungai Pinang state assemblyperson Teng Chang Khim was about to be granted a datukship. However, a celebration ! did not conflict Teng's acceptance of a pretension after it was revealed that a endowment came without delay from a recommendation of a Selangor palace for his purpose as Selangor state legislative public speaker.
'Tokong make a difference has passed'
Lim additionally declined to criticism upon being called a tokong (deity) by Penang Deputy Chief Minister we Mansor Othman, stating that a make a difference had passed. He pronounced DAP-PKR negotiations upon seat grant in Penang were not a "big issue", though declined to speak further upon this.
Mansor had allegedly uttered a word tokong in anxiety to Lim during an informal PKR assembly which, among others, discussed a seat grant in Penang for a next ubiquitous election.
On another matter, Lim pronounced it was yet to be seen either MCA's relentless attack upon DAP as well as PAS over hudud would have any stroke upon a electorate. "Let's wait as well as see when a ubiquitous choosing comes," he said.
Among a tip care of PAS as well as DAP, Lim added, it was still business as usual despite a hudud controversy.
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