DAP expresses full support for Anwar's Port Dickson move

Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said good debt management would be maintained to ensure the fiscal position and macroeconomy remained strong for managing any crisis.

PETALING JAYA: DAP expresses its "full support" for Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's candidacy in the upcoming Port Dickson by-election, saying that his return to Parliament is "overdue".

Its secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said that both DAP and Pakatan Harapan would support the PKR president-elect as he represented the coalition's vision of nation-building and national unity under the leadership of Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

"Anwar contesting in Port Dickson comes at a critical juncture to reaffirm and reinforce the soul of Malaysia as democratic, respects rule of law, upholds integrity in leadership, social and economic justice, tolerant, celebrates diversity and inclusiveness.

"This vision of unity embracing all races and religions as well as every geographical region contrasts with the opposition," he said in a statement on Saturday (Sept 15).

He said that on one hand, Barisan Nasional is mired with corruption while on the other, PAS sought to cover up its failure to manage the economy by breeding hatred and lies against non-Muslims.

He added that Kelantan was practically bankrupt and had to rely on the federal government for help to pay the state government's staff salaries.

Lim said that voter rejection of both Barisan and PAS in the three by-elections in Selangor showed that voters rejected extremism and exclusion.

He said that DAP believed that voters in Port Dickson would give a resounding victory to Pakatan and Anwar.

He added that DAP will would their Negeri Sembilan state committee to activate their machinery and mobilise support to ensure success for Anwar and Pakatan.

On Wednesday (Sept 12), PKR announced that Anwar would stand in Port Dickson after its incumbent MP Datuk Danyal Balagopal Abdullah said he would quit the parliamentary seat.

In the 14th General Election, Danyal won the Port Dickson seat with 36,225 votes while VS Mogan of Barisan tallied 18,515 votes and PAS' Mahfuz Roslan garnered 6,594 votes, giving him a comfortable majority of 17,710 votes.