DAP’s secretary-general Anthony Loke said the party has never changed its principles and present party leaders are working hard towards realising its vision for Malaysia.
Loke was asked to respond to Penang DAP deputy chairman P.Ramasamy, who questioned whether or not the party was still the same one he had joined in 2005.
00:00 Rahman Sami said the party is not what it used to be. What do you have to say about that?
00:04 I don't know. Of course he is free to say. Of course the party will change. The party will definitely progress forward.
00:11 As I said, I do not want to get into any unnecessary polemics. What we are here to do is to focus.
00:24 As far as we are concerned, the party remains steadfast in our principles, in our pursuit for a better Malaysia.
00:32 We are part of the government right now at a federal level. We have an important job to do.
00:38 What is important is to provide not only stability for the country, but also to ensure that the country can progress in all areas,
00:47 especially in economic development. So the party has never changed in terms of our goals, in terms of our dreams and in terms of our objectives.
00:56 We are working very hard, all of us, be it ministers, deputy ministers, members of parliament, state executive councillors.
01:03 Everyone in the party is working hard towards that objective.
01:07 And as I said, leaders must be prepared to give way when the time comes.
01:15 There is no single leader who can play any role forever.
01:21 So every one of us is just a transition in the party struggle.
01:27 So the party is here to stay. Leaders come and go, but the party will continue to pursue our political objectives and our goals for a better Malaysia.
