Kerk: DAP will die if it does not stay young and relevant

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DAP secretary-general Kerk Kim Hock issued his second warning in two days to party members today when he said that the DAP could "die of old age" if the younger generation fails to support the party the way their parents did.

Political deaths come in many forms and it is also possible for the DAP to die of old age with little or no support from Malaysian youths, he told delegates at the party's national congress in Kuala Lumpur.

Opening the DAP Socialist Youth congress yesterday, Kerk told party renegades that "the honeymoon is over" for them as the leadership would now wield the axe against them.

He said the party leadership has been tolerant for too long and had paid a heavy price for it.

In his speech today, Kerk also warned that "the DAP can die if our struggles no longer seem relevant to the signs and the times by the people".

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