A more moderate DAP in the offing, say leaders

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They say, without Lim Guan Eng, the party’s new leadership is likely to be more compromising and less aggressive.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/03/18/a-more-moderate-dap-in-the-offing-say-leaders/  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/03/18/dap-lebih-sederhana-tak-lama-lagi-kata-pemimpin/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #DAP #LimGuanEng #LokeSiewFook #NewLeadership #CEC

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00:00Delegates from DAP signalled a shift away from senior dominance in leadership roles

00:07during Sunday's party election, as seen in outgoing chairman Lim Kwan-ying's poor

00:11performance, ranking 26th in the 30-member Central Executive Committee.

00:16The senior leader said his low ranking reflected the party's desire for a less arrogant leadership

00:21style, attributing his loss to his strong-arm tactics against Penang Chief Minister Chow

00:26Kwan-yao.

00:29Party insiders suggested that appointing Kwan-ying as an adviser was a way to ease him out while

00:33honouring his father Kit-siang's contributions.

00:37With Kwan-ying no longer chairman, the power to select electoral candidates now shifts

00:41to his successor, Gobind Singh Deo, along with Secretary-General Lok Siw Fook and Deputy

00:47Chairman Ngakor Ming, who retain their positions.

00:51Another senior party leader said Kwan-ying may be asked to stand down before the next

00:56due to pending court cases, which is what coalition partners PKR and UMNO prefer.

01:02Meanwhile, former Klang MP Charles Santiago said that without Kwan-ying's presence in

01:07mainstream leadership, Lok will have more control over executive decisions, providing

01:12an opportunity to reshape DAP as a more inclusive, multiracial party.

01:17He also acknowledged challenges in regaining Indian and Malay voter support, but expressed

01:22optimism that the inclusion of new faces in the CEC signals the emergence of a reformed

01:27DAP.

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