DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng is expected to step down at the party's central executive committee (CEC) polls on June 20 as he ends his final term as secretary-general and relinquishes the post he held for 17 years. However, concerns arose if he will become a de facto leader while his successor will end up as a lame duck.br br In an interview with Malaysiakini and KiniTV last Thursday (April 29), DAP organising-secretary Anthony Loke Siew Fook denied allegations that the party is ruled by the Lims as the party had all along adopted a collective leadership principle and will continue to do so after the upcoming party polls.