DAPSY congress to propose amendments to 16 out of 18 clauses in constitution
The DAP Socialist Youth (DAPSY) special congress to be held at the Syuen Hotel here this Saturday will see proposals for amendments to a whopping 16 out of the wing's 18 clauses in its constitution.
Perak DAPSY chief Wong Kah Woh told a press conference here today that the amendments would give DAPSY members more representative powers in the wing's national congress as well as the party proper's national convention.
“We also hope that with the amendments, it would give way to the setting up of more DAPSY divisions in areas where the party's influence is weak.
“Additionally, we hope that it would also encourage the wing to be more active as well as strengthen the DAPSY organisation on a whole,” he said.
Wong said that the amendments would be clerical in nature (amendments to words), would include amendments to procedures and would also be substantive in nature for certain clauses.
One of the main amendments to be made, added Wong, was to the number of representatives allowed to be present as delegates at the DAPSY congress at both national and state levels as well as the DAP conventions at both national and state levels.
“At present, all those who attend their respective division's annual general meetings, each member for each area that attends automatically becomes a delegate for the DAPSY congress and the convention.
“With this, to a certain extent, it creates an imbalance between one area to another. For example in Perak, there are only eight delegates from Kampar whereas there are over 40 in Lumut.
“We need to find a balance between the strong areas and the weak ones but at the same time, give more representative power to the stronger divisions,” he said.
Wong said that the DAPSY national executive council (NEC) had suggested a new formula to allow at the very least, eight delegates to represent each area with a maximum of 23 delegates for the stronger areas.
“The formula states that the delegates would comprise of the members of the NEC, all MPs and state assemblymen as well as representatives appointed from each DAPSY division.
“We will allow at least eight from each division, meaning the chairman, deputy, secretary, deputy secretary, treasurer, organising secretary, publicity secretary and political education director,” he said.
Besides the eight, he added, each division would be allowed to appoint additional delegates, depending on the number of members in their respective annual general meetings.
“If there are between 16 and 30 members in the AGM, then an additional three persons are allowed to be appointed as delegates.
“For those with 31 to 50, then five more are appointed. The maximum is for an additional 15 members to be appointed from divisions with more than 151 members and above in their AGMs,” said Wong.
Meanwhile, Wong said that another amendment to be proposed this Saturday would be on changing the tenures of DAPSY committee members from two years to three, in line with the main party's practice.
“Another amendment is that to hold a special congress, approval from at least 30 per cent of the total number of representatives must be obtained.
“Previously, only the NEC had the power to call for a special congress,” said Wong.
He added that another amendment to be proposed would be that a two third majority is needed in order to approve any future amendments to the statute.
“At present, all is needed is a simple majority,” he said.
The DAPSY special congress this Saturday will commence from 3pm to 7pm and will be followed by the party's national convention this Sunday - Agencies.
Perak DAPSY chief Wong Kah Woh told a press conference here today that the amendments would give DAPSY members more representative powers in the wing's national congress as well as the party proper's national convention.
“We also hope that with the amendments, it would give way to the setting up of more DAPSY divisions in areas where the party's influence is weak.
“Additionally, we hope that it would also encourage the wing to be more active as well as strengthen the DAPSY organisation on a whole,” he said.
Wong said that the amendments would be clerical in nature (amendments to words), would include amendments to procedures and would also be substantive in nature for certain clauses.
One of the main amendments to be made, added Wong, was to the number of representatives allowed to be present as delegates at the DAPSY congress at both national and state levels as well as the DAP conventions at both national and state levels.
“At present, all those who attend their respective division's annual general meetings, each member for each area that attends automatically becomes a delegate for the DAPSY congress and the convention.
“With this, to a certain extent, it creates an imbalance between one area to another. For example in Perak, there are only eight delegates from Kampar whereas there are over 40 in Lumut.
“We need to find a balance between the strong areas and the weak ones but at the same time, give more representative power to the stronger divisions,” he said.
Wong said that the DAPSY national executive council (NEC) had suggested a new formula to allow at the very least, eight delegates to represent each area with a maximum of 23 delegates for the stronger areas.
“The formula states that the delegates would comprise of the members of the NEC, all MPs and state assemblymen as well as representatives appointed from each DAPSY division.
“We will allow at least eight from each division, meaning the chairman, deputy, secretary, deputy secretary, treasurer, organising secretary, publicity secretary and political education director,” he said.
Besides the eight, he added, each division would be allowed to appoint additional delegates, depending on the number of members in their respective annual general meetings.
“If there are between 16 and 30 members in the AGM, then an additional three persons are allowed to be appointed as delegates.
“For those with 31 to 50, then five more are appointed. The maximum is for an additional 15 members to be appointed from divisions with more than 151 members and above in their AGMs,” said Wong.
Meanwhile, Wong said that another amendment to be proposed this Saturday would be on changing the tenures of DAPSY committee members from two years to three, in line with the main party's practice.
“Another amendment is that to hold a special congress, approval from at least 30 per cent of the total number of representatives must be obtained.
“Previously, only the NEC had the power to call for a special congress,” said Wong.
He added that another amendment to be proposed would be that a two third majority is needed in order to approve any future amendments to the statute.
“At present, all is needed is a simple majority,” he said.
The DAPSY special congress this Saturday will commence from 3pm to 7pm and will be followed by the party's national convention this Sunday - Agencies.
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