The party election has come to an end. Over 700 DAP central delegates nationwide had elected their top 20 leaders into the Central Executive Committee (CEC). The twenties together with another ten co-opted CEC members will determine the direction of the party for the next three years.
There are a total of 15 candidates from Selangor contesting the top position in the party and only Teng Chang Khim, Tony Pua and Gobind Singh managed to make it to the top 20. My collegue, Sdr Ean Yong Hian Wah, the party Selangor Chairman and Selangor Exco in charge of new villages dropped out from the top 20 position. He garnered 188 votes, I stood at 48th position with only 75 votes, about one tenth of the total votes casted.
Some reporters ask me what is my comment when Sdr Ronnie, Sdr Ean Yong and I were defeated in the contest and whether this will affect our leadership in Selangor DAP. My answer is very simple, that it will have not much effect.
As I said earlier, we have 15 candidates from DAP Selangor out of a total of 58 candidates contesting for party election, our votes in Selangor are fairly divided and we have to rely on delegates from outside Selangor. Bear in mind that most of the 15 candidates are new faces.
We are either first time elected representative or first time contesting position in the CEC, it will be an uphill task for us to reach out to delegates outside Selangor. With that, most of us only manage to get the minimum supports from our Selangor delegates, plus a few from Federal Territory delegates as bonus votes.
There are still times for the young leaders to climb up the ladder in the Party. What we need to do is to prove ourselves in years to come.
There are a total of 15 candidates from Selangor contesting the top position in the party and only Teng Chang Khim, Tony Pua and Gobind Singh managed to make it to the top 20. My collegue, Sdr Ean Yong Hian Wah, the party Selangor Chairman and Selangor Exco in charge of new villages dropped out from the top 20 position. He garnered 188 votes, I stood at 48th position with only 75 votes, about one tenth of the total votes casted.
Some reporters ask me what is my comment when Sdr Ronnie, Sdr Ean Yong and I were defeated in the contest and whether this will affect our leadership in Selangor DAP. My answer is very simple, that it will have not much effect.
As I said earlier, we have 15 candidates from DAP Selangor out of a total of 58 candidates contesting for party election, our votes in Selangor are fairly divided and we have to rely on delegates from outside Selangor. Bear in mind that most of the 15 candidates are new faces.
We are either first time elected representative or first time contesting position in the CEC, it will be an uphill task for us to reach out to delegates outside Selangor. With that, most of us only manage to get the minimum supports from our Selangor delegates, plus a few from Federal Territory delegates as bonus votes.
There are still times for the young leaders to climb up the ladder in the Party. What we need to do is to prove ourselves in years to come.
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