DAP endorses Zaitun Kassim as a candidate on DAP ticket for Selayang Parliamentary seat to highlight women issues and causes


Media Conference Statement
by Lim Kit Siang
 

(Petaling Jaya,  Monday): DAP Central Executive Committee at its meeting in Petaling Jaya yesterday has endorsed Zaitun Kassim, Vice President of the All Women’s Action Society (AWAM)  as a candidate on DAP ticket for Selayang Parliamentary seat to highlight women issues and causes.

This is the first time that the DAP has endorsed a NGO leader, who is not a DAP member, to be a candidate on the DAP ticket to maximise her  electoral chances in the coming general election.

The Barisan Alternative, in its Joint Manifesto "Towards A Just Malaysia" is committed to the upliftment of the cause of women, pledging to:
 

Zaitun has pledged support for the Barisan Alternative Joint Manifesto and she has committed to give full support to the DAP in Parliament if she is elected on all DAP proposals and measures consistent with the Joint Manifesto "Towards A Just Malaysia".

(15/11/99)


*Lim Kit Siang - Malaysian Parliamentary Opposition Leader, Democratic Action Party Secretary-General & Member of Parliament for Tanjong