{
  "id": 8586084,
  "title": "Keputusan Loke mungkin tak dapat reda kekecewaan DAP, kata penganalisis",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/keputusan-loke-mungkin-tak-dapat-reda-kekecewaan-dap-kata-penganalisis-8586084",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-20T01:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/09/20/keputusan-loke-mungkin-tak-dapat-reda-kekecewaan-dap-kata-penganalisis"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A political analyst doubts whether the Malaysian Democratic Party's (DAP) move to have its Secretary-General Loke Siew Fook step down as Transport Minister will effectively quell the anger over the conditional pardon given to former Prime Minister Najib Razak. One analyst stated that all five DAP ministers should resign to increase the party's chances of retaining base support. Lau Zhe Wei from the Malaysia International Islamic University said that although the resignations are appropriate, the party is not responsible for the conditional pardon given to Najib. The move will not weaken the unity government's stability since all 40 of its MPs can still support the government in Parliament. He believes that the action only puts DAP in a difficult position among its supporters, especially the Chinese community, as it loses support, as seen in recent elections. What could be done to win back their support? He proposed that all ministers resign, not because of anger or a sense of responsibility, but to consider the best way to maintain Chinese community support in the future. This is crucial. Losing trust and bonds with the Chinese community is not easy to regain, he told FMT. Clearly, the absence of a Chinese representative in the Cabinet is not an issue, as PKR can elect a Chinese MP from PKR or outsiders to fill the void. Lau cited an example of Najib appointing Paul Low, former Transparency International Malaysia president, as a minister when MCA refused to join the Cabinet after losing the 2013 general election. He strongly emphasized that while it is not wrong for a DAP minister to stay in their position, such action risks giving too much space to the opposition to accuse the party of being too authoritarian. Singapore International Arbitral Institute Fellow Oh Ei Sun suggested that DAP supporters would not blame the party if all ministers resigned, which could potentially bring the government down. However, they would not be satisfied with a half-measure. Azmi Hassan from the Nusantara Academy however said that the base of DAP should not be too disappointed with the conditional pardon since Najib has gone through a proper process and pardon has been given by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. He believes that supporters of DAP should not interpret the party as having failed in this issue. He told FMT that only Loke stepping down as Transport Minister offers a proper step as mass resignations may give Umno an incentive to urge Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to dissolve Parliament. If DAP decides to leave the government and support Anwar from outside, it would only give Umno additional leverage to trigger a political contest within the unity government.",
  "summary": "Penganalisis politik berpendapat semua lima menteri parti itu patut letak jawatan untuk meningkatkan peluang mengekalkan sokongan akar umbi dan masyarakat Cina.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Keputusan Loke mungkin tak dapat reda kekecewaan DAP, kata penganalisis",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/keputusan-loke-mungkin-tak-dapat-reda-kekecewaan-dap-kata-penganalisis",
        "published": "2026-09-20T01:30:00.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}