DAP a rocket for Malaysians? Or only Malaysian Chinese?

Couldn't sleep last night, ended up reading a whole bunch of random blogs. Came across Lim Kit Siang's blog.

For those that don't know of this person, he is the party leader of DAP (Democratic Action Party, having a rocket as their logo), one of the main opposition parties in Malaysia. He is also a key opposition speaker in parliament. (Click on the link Lim Kit Siang on the right to view his blog).

I'm actually glad that he's writing a blog. Means I get first hand information on what sort of stuff goes on in parliament meetings, instead of the filtered versions given by newspapers.

I am not against the BN (Barisan National, the governing party in Malaysia), but I would love for an opposition party to win the general elections in Malaysia one day. Competition can only do Malaysia good.

BUT.

No opposition party seems to have enough ammo to make it big time.

Taking DAP as an example. DAP claims to represent all Malaysians, yet one can't help but wonder what Malays think of DAP. DAP posts are held mainly by Malaysian Chinese, and their stronghold areas are mainly highly chinese populated areas. And word has it that the Malays think of DAP the way Malaysian Chinese think of PAS.

I asked Farizah, a fellow coursemate of mine who is Malay, of what she felt of DAP. She says she herself doesn't think much against DAP, however she does not know of any Malay that is pro-DAP. While she does not represent all Malays, especially because she claims she 'was not brought up in a typical Malay fashion', she does agree that generally Malays DO get the feeling that DAP is all about the Malaysian Chinese.

One does wonder what can be done to improve that skewed image of DAP. Just like how PAS can improve their image amongst the Malaysian chinese, the image of a party that wants to bring Malaysia into an extremist Islamic era.

Do they have the political might and financial backing to change that image? Hmm...