DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke said that there is no need to jump the gun and make open invitations. He said it would be premature to invite sacked UMNO leaders like Khairy Jamaluddin to join the party before they have indicated their intentions. Anthony says if anyone applies the respective parties will consider the application, however DAP does not want to pre-empt anything.

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In a statement, DAP secretary-general said, “Firstly, component parties’ internal affairs, in government we don’t interfere, I don’t want to comment on what was asked about UMNO’s internal issues. Secondly, YB Khairy Jamaluddin’s direction, that is up to him.”

When asked whether DAP would take initiative to extend an invitation, Anthony said that their is no need to make any open invitations.