KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 -- DAP national organising secretary Anthony Loke has said that it is the responsibility of party leadership to convince its representatives of the party's direction.

Commenting on Ronnie Liu's "Chinese dilution" remarks yesterday, Loke stressed that it is then up to the representatives to accept the direction given.

He added that should a representative remain unconvinced, that person should be excluded from a leadership role as they can no longer represent the party.

"We, as the top leadership, must convince all our representatives of the path that we should take. It is up to them to accept it.

"If someone remains unconvinced of the party's direction, what is the effect?

"The effect might be, I will be defeat...