DAP has expressed its desire to lobby for an additional deputy speaker post to be handed over to the party in Selangor despite a PAS representative winning the post in a secret ballot in the state assembly recently.

DAP Selangor chief Tony Pua expressed the party's intention at the DAP Selangor convention this morning.

"We do not intend to chase away the deputy speaker from PAS who had been appointed.

"We are only demanding that a second deputy speaker be appointed like how it is in Perak and Sabah," Pua said in his speech at the convention today.

Last week, DAP nominated Ng Suee Lim ( left ), their Sekinchan assemblyperson for the post, and lost in the secret ballot.

Pua today added that Ng remains the party's choice for the additional deputy speaker position.

DAP's Hannah Yeoh currently holds the Selangor speaker post.

 
Pua pointed out that DAP had always been loyal to the Pakatan cause during the Selangor Menteri Besar crisis, and also said that despite an earlier agreement, it was PKR which ended up having an extra state executive councillor (exco) post.
 
"We at DAP feel that our demand is fair and not excessive," he said.
 
"DAP asks that the Menteri Besar Azmin Ali is fair to DAP," he added.
 
Pua illustrated that DAP had supported PKR throughout the MB crisis, and had accepted changes in the exco line-up even though PKR and DAP had agreed on giving an extra exco post to DAP.
 
Meanwhile, he also said that while the MB crisis had affected Pakatan's confidence in the eyes of the electorate, they could still repair their image.
 
"As long as Noh Omar continues being the Selangor Umno chief and as long as Umno do not appoint a more intelligent and effective leader in the state, we have a big chance of succeeding in our aim to recover our confidence," he said.