DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng likened the party’s second re-election for its central executive committee (CEC) today to a Hollywood film.

“No other political party in Malaysia has been forced to elect its CEC three times - in 2012, 2013 and 2017 - using the same list of candidates.

“It is like we are frozen in the year 2012, and having a re-election (more than) four years later. This is absolute nonsense.

“This is something we thought could only happen in a Hollywood film, but what we thought could not happen (in real life) is happening now in Malaysia,” Lim said in his speech at the DAP special congress to re-elect the CEC at Shah Alam today.

Lim said the DAP had decided to comply "under protest" with the Registrar of Societies' directive to hold a second re-election in the interest of the party.

“This is very unfair (but) if we do not obey, there is a big possibility that they might...cancel DAP’s registration.

“Though we are confident we can win the case in court. But if we go to court, we cannot use the rocket symbol for the 14th General Election,” he said...