Strife within DAP a clash of generations, says analyst

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Younger leaders want DAP to shed its opposition image and woo Malay voters, raising tensions and fueling speculation about Lim Guan Eng’s future.   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/02/19/strife-within-dap-a-clash-of-generations-says-analyst/   Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/02/19/pertembungan-generasi-punca-pertelingkahan-dalam-dap-kata-penganalisis/   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 #LimGuanEng #LokeSiewFook #GE16

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00:00The apparent strife within DAP ahead of upcoming party elections

00:06stems from discord between the party's veterans and its younger leaders,

00:10says a political analyst.

00:13University of Tasmania's James Chin said a younger faction of up-and-coming leaders

00:18is pushing for DAP to shut its opposition image and attract Malay support.

00:24Chin said the intergenerational clash was not ideological

00:28but lies between those who believe DAP can no longer operate with an opposition mindset

00:33and those who still see the party as a check-and-balance force.

00:38Chin said this push for change has led to calls for DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng

00:43to be ousted from the Central Executive Committee in next month's party polls.

00:47On Monday, DAP veteran Esni Labikin claimed that deep state actors,

00:52influenced by external forces, were trying to reshape the party to please Malay voters,

00:58who are believed to favour a more moderate leader.

01:01Chin added that if Lim were to fall down the pecking order in DAP,

01:05his successor as party secretary-general, Lok Siu Fook,

01:09would be propped up as DAP's face in the next general election.

01:13Meanwhile, Asro Hadi Abdullah Sani of ADA Southeast Asia

01:17does not think DAP will let its rank-and-file members elect the party's leadership

01:22purely to appeal to the Malays.

01:24He said while the party has been working hard at diversifying its support base,

01:29DAP members are unlikely to vote solely based on a leader's popularity among the community.

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