By SYERLEENA RASHID | Malaysiakini
May 22, 2014
There are a lot of speculations roaming around as to why DAP decided to field “newcomer” Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud as a candidate in Teluk Intan. To most she is seen as a protege, while those who are still unable to fathom her decision to join DAP have begun their personal campaign to destroy her image and credibility.
As a matter of fact, any Malay candidate would have been subjected to certain levels of political animosity and slander. In the past, other Malay candidates had gone through the same maltreatment and been imperiled by vicious threats made by the ultra-right wing hate groups.
Being relatively young (compared to the average age of our Members of Parliament) and beautiful (though beauty is subjective) makes her an easy target, but the naysayers have underestimated this intelligent lass; Dyana Sofya is the face of hope and will bring forth much-needed change to this country.
Of course, at this stage, Malaysians are aware of how vicious the powers-that-be can be when they have an agenda to accomplish, and these past few weeks leading up to her nomination, they have proven to us again, just how uncouth they are capable of being.
For decades, DAP has been labelled a ‘Chinese party’ and accused of being chauvinists. It is undeniable that Malaysians of Chinese descent make up the majority of party members but that is merely coincidental as a direct result of Umno’s Malay-centric policies. Some might even say that years of disseminating misinformation via government-controlled media influenced our political views and distorted our logic. Continue reading “Why Malays have joined DAP (and Pakatan)”