Karpal: DAP joining Barisan is “out of the question”

DAP chairman Karpal Singh said he would leave the party if it were to join Barisan Nasional.

“Joining Barisan is completely out of the question. I'll be the first to walk out if that happens, and I'm sure 100% (party members) will walk out with me,” he said.

However, Karpal said DAP was prepared to work with Barisan if the ruling coalition was willing to fully accept Pakatan Rakyat's election manifesto.

“Lim Kit Siang (DAP adviser) said it would be better if Barisan joins Pakatan.

“We can work with Barisan, only if they accept the Pakatan manifesto, then we will give serious consideration (to collaborate),” he said in his speech at a DAP conference attended by all its elected representatives.

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Nibong Tebal MP Tan Tee Beng joins Kita

Parti Kesejahteraan Insan Tanah Air (Kita) president Zaid Ibrahim today announced the admission of Nibong Tebal parliamentarian Tan Tee Beng, into the ranks of his fledgling party.

"I am proud to announce that barely a week after the party's name-change and a new constitution was approved, we have managed to attract a young MP like Tan into our fold," said a beaming Zaid during a press conference at Tropicana, Petalling Jaya.

He praised Tan's decision as a "brave" move, adding that it will further strenghten and galvanise the newly-refrocked party.

Zaid's big dreams for Kita

FOR a party that's less than three months old, Parti Kesejahteraan Insan Tanah Air (Kita) is certainly ambitious.

Last Saturday, its president Datuk Zaid Ibrahim told the press that Kita's aim was to become the country's main opposition party.

It would also cooperate with "just about anyone", including the newly-introduced Malaysian Civil Liberties Movement (MCLM).


Zaid had given a 15 to 20-year timeframe to achieve the ambition.

But is that possible, considering the many brickbats Kita had received even before its rather pompous launch on Jan 19?

"Have I done anything that failed? I have had many setbacks but I have not failed," Zaid said in a recent interview. He was responding to critics that Kita would die a natural death, judging from the lack of excitement it had sparked since it was formed.