Loke slams Ramasamy's 'revenge politics' in KKB
Published: May 1, 2024 2:11 PM
KKB BY-ELECTION | DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke has slammed his former colleague P Ramasamy over the latter's "don't vote for Pakatan Harapan" campaign in Kuala Kubu Baharu.
More so because the former Penang deputy chief minister is campaigning against Harapan without providing an alternative for the people he is trying to convince, said Loke.
"Ramasamy is someone without a direction. He asks (voters) not to vote for Harapan, but then who else to vote for?
"You (reporters) ask him. He has not said who to vote for. So, what's his alternative? He doesn't have any; he's just politicking based on revenge," Loke told a press conference after campaigning for the government candidate for the by-election, Pang Sock Tao, in Kuala Kubu Baharu this afternoon.
Recently, Ramasamy, who is the United for the Rights of Malaysians Party (Urimai) president, began groundwork in Kuala Kubu Baharu to encourage voters not to vote for Harapan.
DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke (centre) during a press conference after campaigning for Pang Sock Tao
This, he said, was a way to teach a lesson to the federal government led by Harapan chairperson Anwar Ibrahim, who he alleged had failed to fulfil their promises to Malaysians.
“I am not here to canvass votes for any party. Instead, we are here to tell voters not to vote for Harapan. They (voters) can vote for either Perikatan Nasional, Parti Rakyat Malaysia, or the independent candidate. That is their choice, and we will not interfere,” he added.
Elaborating, Loke claimed that Ramasamy was angry at DAP and Harapan for not being nominated to contest in the six state elections.
"We are campaigning to choose a representative in the state government. We are busy thinking about what the representative can do when elected, and what can be done to help the people.
"We don't think about boycotting this and that, so I think it is better we don't entertain people like him (Ramasamy) so much.
"He has no direction, and we will end up the same if we follow (his style). We will be lost too," Loke said.
This, he said, was a way to teach a lesson to the federal government led by Harapan chairperson Anwar Ibrahim, who he alleged had failed to fulfil their promises to Malaysians.
“I am not here to canvass votes for any party. Instead, we are here to tell voters not to vote for Harapan. They (voters) can vote for either Perikatan Nasional, Parti Rakyat Malaysia, or the independent candidate. That is their choice, and we will not interfere,” he added.
Elaborating, Loke claimed that Ramasamy was angry at DAP and Harapan for not being nominated to contest in the six state elections.
"We are campaigning to choose a representative in the state government. We are busy thinking about what the representative can do when elected, and what can be done to help the people.
"We don't think about boycotting this and that, so I think it is better we don't entertain people like him (Ramasamy) so much.
"He has no direction, and we will end up the same if we follow (his style). We will be lost too," Loke said.
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kt comments:
During the last election why was Prof Rama dropped? If DAP required a state seat in Penang, why couldn't Guan Eng surrender his when he already has a federal seat? Why must Guan Eng hold both a federal and a state seat while depriving Prof Rama of his state seat? Why the inexplicable greed at the expense of a once-loyalist like Prof Rama? The DAP leadership was disloyal to Prof Rama, not Prof Rama to the party.
The more DAP demonise Rama the less Indian votes for them
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