Press Conference Statement By Penang Chief Minister and DAP Secretary General Lim Guan Eng In Komtar, George Town On 31.7.2016.
DAP will not press ahead with our proposal to dissolve the Penang State assembly and conduct state general election. This decision was made following quick consultation with party leaders and the Penang state leadership after PKR Deputy President and Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Azmin Ali informed me yesterday, that the PKR leadership did not agree with having early polls.
Datuk Seri Azmin, PKR Vice-President Nurul Izzah and PKR National Elections Director Saifudin Nasution had earlier met myself and Penang State Chair Chow Kon Yeow in Penang on 20.7.2016, to listen to our reasons for a state general election. We had explained that it would be be a pro-active strategy not just to let the people decide, whether I should continue as Penang Chief Minister whilst facing the trumped-up corruption allegations against me, but more importantly to pass a verdict on the historic act by the US Attorney-General, of seeking a seizure of US1 billion of assets stolen by 1MDB from Malaysians. Continue reading “DAP will not press ahead with our proposal to dissolve the Penang State assembly and conduct state general election.(e/m/c)”