Guan Eng re-elected to DAP’s top leadership

 

Several DAP leaders and members had called for Lim Guan Eng to give way to younger leaders.

SHAH ALAM: 

Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng has been re-elected to DAP’s 30-member central executive committee (CEC), staving off a sustained campaign to boot him from the party’s top leadership.

Lim, a former finance minister and two-term Penang chief minister, was most recently the party’s national chairman. The seven-term MP previously served as DAP secretary-general for 17 years before handing over the post to Loke Siew Fook in 2022.

Lim placed 26th in the top 30, garnering 1,719 votes.

Penang chief minister Chow Kon Yeow, who has been speculated as being pushed to take over the DAP chairmanship from Lim, received 2,101 votes to finish in 19th place.

In the run-up to the election, a campaign to oust Lim appeared to take shape, with several veteran leaders and members publicly calling for him to make way for younger leaders.

However, it remains to be seen if he will retain the chairmanship of the party. The 30 newly elected CEC members will now elect the party’s office-bearers for the 2025-2028 term from among themselves. - FMT