SHAH ALAM, 9 Apr: Pakatan Rakyat (PR) needs to win over a third of Parliamentary seats in BN deposit states such as Johor, Sabah and Sarawak, for the continuation of the GE-12 political tsunami.
DAP Parliamentary Leader, Lim Kit Siang said that PR needs to win at least 33 Parliamentary seats out of the 83 Parliamentary seats in the three states.
“It is to solve the GE-12 political tsunami ‘delayed work’ that witnessed the fall of Umno-BN in five states and the denial of a two-third majority in Parliament against Umno for the first time in the history of Malaysia,” said Kit Siang.
He said that the ‘Battle of Gelang Patah’ is not just a battle for him, DAP or Pakatan Rakyat because to fulfill the Malaysian Dream of a united multiracial Malaysian people rising above race.
It has been reported that Kit Siang, an active figure in politics for nearly half a century, will be contesting in the Gelang Patah parliament for the GE-13.
His candidacy for the Johor seat is to pave the way for PR to break BN strongholds in the Southern state.
“The Battle of Gelang Patah will launch a political tsunami in the 13th General Elections from the South that will spread throughout the country, across the South China Sea to Sabah and Sarawak,” said Kit Siang.
“I have a ‘Malaysian Dream’ which I am sure us shared by many Malaysians, regardless of race, religion, region and age,” said Kit Siang who will compete in the Gelang Patah Parliament in the GE-13.