MCA renews call for BN dissolution

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 2 Mar 2019 11:00AM · 9 Comments

MCA president Dr Wee Ka Siong says as a founding member of BN, it has the right to demand a supreme council meeting to seek formally the dissolution of the pre-Merdeka alliance. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, March 2, 2019.

MCA pushed for the dissolution of Barisan Nasional at its 70th anniversary celebrations today, urging the coalition’s supreme council to hold a meeting soon to discuss its proposal.

Party president Dr Wee Ka Siong also lashed out at BN secretary-general Mohamed Nazri Aziz, calling him unfit for the post over his “hurtful” comments against other races while campaigning recently in the Semenyih by-election.

Last December, MCA adopted a resolution to push for the dissolution of BN at its annual general assembly and sent a letter requesting a BN supreme council meeting to discuss the resolution.

“We hope the BN supreme council can call for a meeting soon. 

“No matter what the outcome is, we believe that since the coalition was founded by the three component parties, its future should also be decided by the three component parties. 

“We are seeking a consensus agreed by all three component parties and work together to decide the way forward for all of us,” Wee said at the party’s 70th anniversary celebrations in Kuala Lumpur today.

While waiting for a BN supreme council meeting to be called, MCA and MIC leaders are discussing future collaboration “in the next three days”.

“(We will do this) while we also wait for the BN supreme council to call for a meeting to make a final decision,” Wee said.

BN is now left with three parties – Umno, MIC and MCA – the founding partners of the pre-independence Alliance coalition.

MCA is one of the founding members of BN but its fortunes have waned with only one MP after GE14. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, March 2, 2019.

It entered the 14th general election last May with 13 components but the coalition’s loss and change of federal government saw members leave, beginning with parties in Sabah and Sarawak, followed by the peninsula-based Gerakan last June.

Nazri told The Malaysian Insight in response that MCA is welcome to leave BN without any fuss, like how other component parties did after the coalition lost federal power in GE14.

Wee said he hoped the BN leadership would also take the appropriate action against Nazri for his remarks during the Semenyih by-election.

“(This would be) to sack an arrogant person like him, who is no longer qualified as the BN secretary-general. 

“BN does not need such an arrogant leader, who does not respect other component parties and other races in our multiracial country.

“Obviously, he was campaigning for Pakatan Harapan and trying to bring down his own party.”

Wee was echoing the call by MCA secretary-general Chew Mei Fun, who earlier this week said leaders like Nazri were the reason BN lost in the 14th general election last year.

Nazri, campaigning last Sunday in Semenyih, criticised PH over the appointment of non-Malays as attorney-general, chief justice and finance minister.

He also said non-Malays should not question Malay privileges, since the former also had privileges, such as vernacular schools.

The Padang Rengas MP is now investigated under the Sedition Act. – March 2, 2019.

MCA is the country's oldest Chinese-based party and it turns 70 today amid turmoil in the BN alliance. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, March 2, 2019.

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  • Haha
    Good

    Posted 5 years ago by Lan Lan · Reply

  • Dissolve for what? MCA , if you want to be alone , then just leave.

    Posted 5 years ago by SY L · Reply

  • Umno Baru wont dissolve BN,soon PAS will be joining BN.They need the well advertised BN logo to fight PH.Umno Baru wants MCA and MIC to leave BN and get lost.

    Posted 5 years ago by Soma Govin · Reply

  • You don't have any more balls left to demand anything. Just quite BN and beg for others to accept you la.

    Posted 5 years ago by Awang Bilis · Reply

  • Each n every one that supports mca are plan stupid talk about Loyalty when u all are stupid idiots thats what they are they dont know what is move on the listen to the same shits from different so call leaders n the same making them stupid idiots they love their leaders shits. Thats why they are call Stupid Idiots love the taste n smell of the leaders Shits.

    Posted 5 years ago by Danial Abdullah · Reply

  • Why the need to dissolve? Why not just leave. The best thing for BN and for the country however is if all three parties can fusion to form a single, multi-racial party. Also, the party ideology and policy platform need to be clear. 'I help you, you help me' plus racism and hate-mongering ('tell X that Y hates X, tell Y that Z has a hidden agenda against Y and tell Z they are under threat by X and Y') are no longer convincing arguments for the rakyat to vote for you in this day and age. If BN is unable to reform, you'll just end up on the scrap heap of history.

    Posted 5 years ago by Anak Kampung · Reply

  • MCA are behind the times. They are still talking about Malays and non-Malays. The rakyat have moved on. Racism, fear and hatred will not get you votes in the future as they may have done in the past.

    Posted 5 years ago by Anak Kampung · Reply

  • MCA are in a conundrum. They no longer have support on the ground but they still appear to have a huge amount of assets and vast networks. Perhaps best for them to withdraw from trying to play politics and transform into a business or cultural association, which may be more reasonable given the circumstances.

    Posted 5 years ago by Anak Kampung · Reply