DAP attempts to do damage control by displaying both the PKR and DAP symbol - Salleh
KUALA LUMPUR, May 7 (Bernama) -- UMNO treasurer Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak said DAP attempts to do damage control by displaying both the PKR and DAP's rocket symbols to pacify their Chinese supporters as well as to win over the opposition Malays.
"Kit Siang hopes they can then retain their Chinese support and at the same time win Malay support, which is a sort of deception and shows DAP is not confident of the PKR symbol," he said in his blog posting, tonight.
The Communications and Multimedia Minister, who is also BN candidate for the Kota Belud Parliamentary seat, said that DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang had been in dilemma because the Chinese were not responding positively to the PKR symbol as he had hoped and there appears to be some resistance.
Salleh said Kit Siang should have listened to Chen Man Hin instead of listening to Pakatan Harapan chairman Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in the choice of party symbol because the DAP supporters were more familiar with the 'Rocket' symbol.
"DAP thought they were being clever by hiding behind the PKR symbol. And now that this has upset the Chinese they are 'bringing back' the rocket symbol while not wanting to discard the PKR symbol. And this is creating an even bigger mess for DAP," he added.
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