The Democratic Action Party, or DAP (Malay: Parti Tindakan Demokratik) (Chinese: 民主行动党) (Tamil: ஜனநாயக செயல் கட்சி) is a secular, multi-racial, social democratic Malaysian political party.
DAP is one of the three major opposition parties in Malaysia, along with the PKR and PAS, that are seen as electable alternatives to the Barisan Nasional coalition of parties. It is one of the component parties of Pakatan Rakyat (or known as People's Alliance).
The party's vision is to establish a peaceful and prosperous social democracy that can unite its disparate races and diverse religions and cultures based on a Malaysian Malaysia concept of forging a Malaysian race grounded on universal moral values, offering equal access and opportunity, upholding democratic governance and the rule of law, creating wealth and distributing it equitably and fighting corruption.
Though its core constituency consists of Malaysian Chinese, the DAP receives support from the Malaysian Indians and Malays. The party's strongholds are the states of Penang, Perak and the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur.
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