54. Cool it DAP and concentrate on other major issues

DAP & PR
Tell the voters what you want to do for Sabah and Sabahans if DAP get the good results in Sabah GE13.

Don't be distracted by Sim and just live with it for a few weeks. Joshua

Sim won't back down, ready to be booted out of DAP http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/227603

Hafiz Yatim 10:26AM Apr 22, 2013

Under pressure for contesting as an Independent in the Kota Laksamana state seat in Malacca, DAP stalwart Sim Tong Him is prepared to face the boot following an ultimatum issued by the party yesterday.

Sim (left), who is defending the Kota Melaka parliamentary seat on a DAP ticket, said he is confident of winning both seats in the 13th general election on May 5.
“If I win either seat, I will apply to rejoin the party. If the party does not accept me, I will relinquish the seat, paving the way for a by-election,” he told Malaysiakini without mincing his words.

Sim, 65, said he had yet to receive any letter from the party up to late yesterday evening, instructing him to relinquish the ‘Independent’ tag and to drop out of the Kota Laksamana contest.

DAP chairperson Karpal Singh, secretary-general Lim Guan Eng and party parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang had ordered Sim and Teratai incumbent Jenice Lee - who is contesting the state seat in Selangor, also as an Independent - to stand down and apologise to the party for their actions.

“I have not received any warning letter till yesterday evening although I admit having heard the news from others,” said Sim.
                                  
Sim, who had been detained under the Internal Security Act in the 1980s, said no one could doubt his loyalty to the opposition cause, because he - like his parents - has been a true supporter of the DAP.

He denied assertions by Guan Eng (right) that Sim had said ‘DAP=Sim and Sim=DAP’.

“I did not say such things. I was speaking in Mandarin. Maybe his (Guan Eng's) Mandarin is not as good,” Sim said with a chuckle.

“All I said was that I have been a strong supporter of DAP and that the DAP is in my blood and I will not forsake the party or the opposition cause. I could never equate myself (as claimed) with the DAP.”

Guan Eng in a press statement yesterday, had claimed that Sim had made the claim during a ceramah at the DAP headquarters in Lorong Pandan, Malacca, on Saturday night.
‘No effect on Malacca Pakatan’

PAS Malacca chief Adly Zahari said he regards Sim's double candidacy as an issue best handled within the DAP.          

Adly, who is contesting the Durian Tunggal state seat, said it will not have an effect to Pakatan Rakyat’s efforts in Malacca because voters are more interested issues like corruption and cronyism.

“I have not heard or seen reports of BN or Umno or MCA using the Sim issue yet. I was at the DAP's mega ceramah in Lorong Pandan, where many people voiced support for DAP and Pakatan,” he said.