It was Hadi who wanted MCA for Tg Piai, says Zahid

Diyana Ibrahim Diyana Ibrahim Updated 6 years ago · Published on 24 Nov 2019 8:35AM · 12 Comments

Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says it was PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang who first suggested that BN field an MCA candidate in the Tg Piai by-election. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, November 24, 2019.

IT was PAS who wanted an MCA candidate in the Tg Piai by-election, which saw Barisan Nasional (BN) win by a landslide, said Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

Zahid said the request was made by PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang himself right after it was announced that the federal seat was vacant.

“Once Tg Piai was vacant, Hadi was the first to suggest to me to have someone from MCA stand in the by-election,” he said at the Muafakat Nasional Selangor ceramah in Shah Alam, Selangor last night.

Zahid said Hadi’s request was the perfect counter against accusations that the Islamist party is extremist and racist.

“If PAS is said to be extremist and narrow-minded, then what I just said (of Hadi) should be a sign that the PAS president himself does not look at Muafakat Nasional in a narrow manner, but in a long-term way.

“And if Muafakat Nasional has been likened to the Taliban, which sidelines other races and religions, Hadi had proven that it is an open concept and should be appreciated by all races,” he told about 600 Umno and PAS members during the ceramah.

Zahid said Umno had also been accused of many things, just like PAS, even though the party had backed the move to field an MCA candidate in the by-election.

The former deputy prime minister also said placing an MCA candidate similarly meant Umno does not hold a narrow view on seat allocation for BN partners even though it is now cooperating with PAS.

“I recall the views of Umno Advisory Council chairman Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, who urged Muafakat Nasional to consider MCA as well. Not because 42% (of Tg Piai voters) are Chinese, but to make sure Muafakat Nasional has a longer vision.

“Not just that, BN Advisory Board chairman Najib Razak had similar views, even though local grassroots leaders want to bank on Tg Piai’s 57% Malay voters by fielding an Umno candidate,” Zahid said.

BN won the Tg Piai by-election by a thumping 15,000 majority with MCA’s Wee Jeck Seng returning as the constituency’s MP.

Tg Piai was also the first by-election after Umno and PAS made their pact official on September 14, even though the two parties have been cooperating since the Sg Kandis by-election.

Hadi said the cooperation charter between the two parties will be the basis of their pact in the 15th general election.

Zahid also said he is confident that the alliance will bring great gains in GE15, much like what happened in Tg Piai.

He added that the opposition may even wrest back Selangor when it seizes Putrajaya in the next general election. – November 24, 2019.

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  • Seriously? Then why is PAS asking for the Chinese finance minister to be removed? A racist will always be a racist. They only made an exception in Tg. Piai because Wee has the chin se support.

    Posted 6 years ago by Elyse Gim · Reply

  • Jangan tipu lah. Kalau sebelum pilihanraya Hadi ada kata, boleh lah terima. Sekarang pengundi Cina menangkan MCA Wee, baru kaya.

    Posted 6 years ago by Penganalisa L · Reply

  • How much donated to PAS grom MCA war chest ?

    Posted 6 years ago by S L · Reply

  • TMI, with all due respect, you should stop publishing populist propaganda that does nothing to feed our intelligence.

    Posted 6 years ago by CD E · Reply

  • Garbage in.

    Posted 6 years ago by CD E · Reply

  • Permainan propaganda. Berita ke cerita?

    Posted 6 years ago by CD E · Reply

  • The fact is Zahid Hamid is ineffective and umno is in directionless. Ask 15 umno mpS, what are they doing in Azmin house in the middle of night. No one is taking his words seriously.

    Posted 6 years ago by Anak Malaysia · Reply

  • Pikin tak serupa cakap.

    Posted 6 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

  • UMNO is directionless, HADI is a man of many directions, unprincipled.

    Posted 6 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

  • MI, pls do not publish rubbish personal bullshit to readers.

    Posted 6 years ago by Penganalisa L · Reply

  • That might well be true but only because it makes no difference to the scheme of things. Wee is not going to be a Minister

    Posted 6 years ago by Watch Dog · Reply

  • None of them has credibility

    Posted 6 years ago by Concerned Citizen · Reply