Guna logo roket dahulu esok, kata Guan Eng...

DAP telah memaklumkan kepada semua 51 calon Parlimen dan 103 calon DUN negeri dari parti itu supaya menggunakan logo roket terlebih dahulu semasa penamaan calon esok, dan menunjukkan kepada Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) surat kebenaran yang ditandatangani oleh Setiausaha Agungnya, Lim Guan Eng.

"Jika sekiranya kami tidak boleh menggunakan simbol kami, kemudian baru tunjukkan kepada mereka surat kebenaran yang ditandatangani oleh Setiausaha Agung PAS, Datuk Mustafa Ali," kata Lim dalam satu sidang akhbar hari ini.

Arahan itu dibuat selepas DAP memutuskan untuk menggunakan logo PAS dan PKR untuk bertanding dalam pilihan raya umum akan datang pada 5 Mei.

Lim berkata dua surat kebenaran telah ditandatangani oleh parti itu dan PAS untuk calon-calonnya.

"Ini adalah peluang terakhir kami untuk menggunakan simbol roket tetapi jika tidak boleh, kita akan guna simbol PAS," kata Ketua Menteri sementara Pulau Pinang itu. Sebelum itu,  Pengerusi DAP Karpal Singh berkata calon DAP akan menggunakan logo PAS di semenanjung dan PKR di Sabah dan Sarawak sekiranya mereka tidak dibenarkan menggunakan logo sendiri di hari penamaan esok.

Karpal berkata, keputusan itu diambil kerana sehingga jam 3 petang ini - tarikh akhir yang ditetapkan DAP - mereka tidak mendapat sebarang respon penarikan balik surat penggantungan jawatankuasa eksekutif pusat (CEC) parti itu daripada Pendaftar Pertubuhan (ROS).

Karpal juga berkata tiada tanda-tanda surat itu akan tiba.

"Ekoran itu, kami akan teruskan apa yang diputuskan semalam dan bertanding bawah lambang PAS di Semenanjung dan PKR di Sabah dan Sarawak," katanya ketika dihubungi.

Setiausaha Agung PAS Datuk Mustafa Ali ketika dihubungi juga mengesahkan DAP akan menggunakan logo parti Islam itu di semenanjung.-malaysiakini

Use rocket first during nomination, says Guan Eng...

The DAP has informed all its 51 parliament and 103 state candidates to use the rocket symbol first during nomination tomorrow, and show the Election Commission the letter of authorisation signed by secretary-general Lim Guan Eng.

"If in the event we cannot use our symbol, then show them the letter of authorisation signed by PAS secretary-general Mustafa Ali," said Lim at a press conference today.

This comes after the DAP has decided to use PAS and PKR symbols for the coming general election on May 5.

Lim said two letters of authorisation has also been signed by the party and PAS for its candidates.

"This is our last chance to use the rocket symbol but if we cannot, we will use PAS’s symbol," said the caretaker Penang chief minister.
 
Earlier, DAP chairperson Karpal Singh said DAP will use the PAS logo in the peninsula and PKR logo in Sabah and Sarawak in the general election, as backup, following the Registrar of Societies' failure to withdraw its letter.

The party had appealed to the ROS to withdraw its Wednesday letter to suspend the party's existing central executive committee (CEC) but till this afternoon the department had been silent on the matter.

"Following this, we will do as what was decided yesterday and contest under the PAS logo in peninsula and PKR for Sabah and Sarawak," Karpal (left) said when contacted.

Nominations for general election candidates begins 9am tomorrow and closes an hour later.

PAS secretary-general Mustafa Ali when contacted also confirmed that DAP candidates will use the PAS logo in the peninsula.

"I have signed all the letters of authorisation of the DAP candidates (contesting in the peninsula)," said Mustafa.

He described this as "a historic" occasion for PAS, but brought about "by force" by ROS' actions.

Sarawak DAP chief Wong Ho Leng told a press conference in Sibu that the PKR authorisation letters are already on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to the state.

He said PAS had sent copies of their authorisation letters earlier which arrived this morning and had been given to candidates in rural areas for fear that the PKR letters would not arrive in time.
At a later press conference, Wong confirmed that the letters will arrive in Sibu by 6.30pm to allow his members to stand under PKR's banner.-malaysiakini

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