Ex-HR minister Sivakumar to contest DAP polls

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This follows speculation over whether other DAP veterans will run for election to the CEC after the withdrawal of four party stalwarts.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/02/24/ex-hr-minister-sivakumar-to-contest-dap-polls/  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/02/24/bekas-menteri-sivakumar-tanding-pemilihan-dap/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #Sivakumar #DAPPolls #CEC

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00:00Three-term Batu Gajah MP V Sivakumar will run for re-election to DAP's 30-member Central

00:08Executive Committee at the party elections next month.

00:12The former Human Resources Minister confirmed this with FMT, saying he had been nominated

00:17to contest the DAP polls.

00:19Sivakumar, who was dropped from Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's cabinet in December 2023,

00:25joined DAP in 1997.

00:28He won his first election in 2008, becoming the Trono Assemblyman.

00:33The DAP Deputy Secretary-General was elected as Batu Gajah MP in 2013 and defended the

00:38seat in the 2018 and 2022 general elections.

00:42There has been speculation over whether other DAP veterans will contest this year's CEC

00:47polls following the withdrawal of four party stalwarts.

00:51They are current DAP Advisor Tan Kok Wai, Treasurer Fung Kwee Loon, Vice-Chairman M

00:56Kulasegaran, and former Penang Executive Councillor P Boon Po.

01:01DAP Vice-Chairman and Sixth-Term Seputu MP Teresa Kok said she would be vying for a spot

01:06on the CEC as she did not consider herself a senior party member yet.

01:11Dhanush Rajareza, FMT News.

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