Chow unsure if he is defending top DAP post as nominations close

 

Penang DAP chief Chow Kon Yeow said he will have two weeks to decide whether or not to defend his party post, if nominated. (Facebook pic)

GEORGE TOWN: 

Penang DAP chief Chow Kon Yeow is still unsure if he has been nominated to defend his party post, despite nominations for the state chapter’s elections closing last Saturday.

Chow told reporters he will only know in a day or two whether he has been nominated by at least two DAP branches in Penang, which is the criteria to contest.

If I have been nominated, I will consider (defending the post). In Penang DAP, we have two weeks to consider our nomination and to respond,

 he said on the sidelines of an event here today.

The chief minister said the nomination process was confidential, and he would only know if he was named after receiving word from the party’s headquarters.

The state DAP chairman typically holds the chief minister’s position. However, this protocol was not observed when Lim Guan Eng held the chief minister’s post for two terms from 2008 to 2018.

Last October, Chow reportedly claimed that people in and outside the party were planning to remove him as Penang chief minister. He later said this was due to certain issues, especially a land sale to a private company by the Penang Development Corporation.

He later backtracked on his claim, saying he was merely speaking about how things were before the state election held in August last year.

Before the election, there were rumours that Chow would not get a second term as chief minister and that Lim could make a return, or a candidate backed by the DAP chairman would get the post instead. - FMT