The poser from the prime minister’s press secretary, Tengku Sarifuddin Tengku Ahmad, as to whether the DAP can use its logo in the next general election is nothing but a “desperado” political act that also goes against principles of democracy, PKR communications director Fahmi Fadzil said today.

His criticism came after Tengku Sarifuddin, in pushing aside DAP lawmaker Liew Chin Tong’s scathing analysis of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s position, told Liew and his party colleagues to focus on the DAP’s internal matters, such as the use of its logo.

Fahmi in a statement today noted that Tengku Sarifuddin did not answer Liew’s analysis and had instead shown that there were hidden hands that could influence the Registrar of Societies (ROS) on the DAP’s status as a registered party.

DAP's status as a party is reportedly in limbo, after its 2012 party election was disputed due to irregularities...