PUTRAJAYA: Gerakan will play the role of a responsible and effective Opposition in the DAP-led Penang Government despite not winning a single seat in the state assembly.
Party adviser Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik said it was a similar case with the DAP when it, too, did not win a single seat in the state assembly in 2004.

“They did not win then and they are forming the state government today. It depends on your determination. We have our organisation. All we need is to rebuild it,” he said.
On Sunday, acting Gerakan president Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon offered to step down after the party’s poor showing in the general election and said he was not sure how it was possible for the party to play the role of an effective Opposition in Penang when it did not win a single state seat.
Dr Lim said he would tell Dr Koh to “shut up and carry on” with his work. “You don’t abandon ship. Tsu Koon is always the gentleman. It’s time he becomes a political charger.”
He added that Gerakan would set up a team to monitor opinions voiced in blogs and websites on the Internet and maybe even come out with their own blogs to criticise the governments in the five states which fell to the Opposition