Don't say BN is dead yet, says MCA's Wee

Andrew Chin Andrew Chin Updated 5 years ago · Published on 23 Jul 2018 5:33PM · 7 Comments

MCA deputy president Dr Wee Ka Siong says more discussion is needed before BN can be declared dead. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, July 23, 2018.

BARISAN Nasional’s future, now that it is down to three parties, needs more discussion before it can be declared dead, MCA deputy president Dr Wee Ka Siong said today.

The sole MCA federal lawmaker said questions on BN’s status could not be answered with a simplistic “yes or no” as further discussions were needed.

“Whether BN exists or not, I think we need to discuss it more rationally and objectively,” he told reporters when asked in Parliament if plans for MCA to contest the Balakong by-election under its own party logo instead of BN’s meant that the former ruling coalition was dead.

Wee, the Ayer Hitam MP, was asked about the remarks which were made by party president Liow Tiong Lai, after BN chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi had said that MCA would represent the coalition in the Balakong by-election following the death of assemblyman Eddie Ng in a road accident on Friday.

Wee said that Liow had only expressed that this was a possibility.

“When the president spoke on this issue, he said ‘might’, so the possibility is there. And the president also said he will raise this issue in a meeting.”

Wee said he believed Liow would not have made such remarks without feedback from the party grassroots.

BN is now down to Umno, MCA and MIC, the three parties that were the original parties in the pre-independence coalition called the Alliance.

BN had 13 parties when it won the May 9 polls but lost the rest which have aligned themselves to the ruling Pakatan Harapan after the government changed hands in the general election. – July 23, 2018.

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  • This guy has no sanity. Towards the end of BNs last reign, MCA n MIC was practically treated like rubbish. UMNO was dictating anything and everything without any consideration on the existence of MCA n MIC supporters. Yet these numskulls carried the balls of their masters in UMNO with a devastating repercussion. Yet after all that, they still think UMNO is going to give them face? What nitwits......

    Posted 5 years ago by Mohamed Ebrahim Mohideen · Reply

  • BN is not only dead, it has rotten already.

    Posted 5 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

  • Time to recognise Malaysians by their "ability" and "disability". A poor chinese is no worse than a poor malay and a brillian Indian no better than a brilliant chinese. Lets recognise "human" and help build talent.

    Posted 5 years ago by Mohamed Ebrahim Mohideen · Reply

  • The truth always hurt!

    Posted 5 years ago by Teh Ewe Leng · Reply

  • Not dead, but paralyzed. In coma and beyond recovery. Nevertheless, miracles may happen after 20 years.

    Posted 5 years ago by Tong Kooi Teo · Reply

  • Of course BN is not dead with UMNO still in charge. BUMNO has to wait a bit for Wee and his two MIC colleagues to leave before the burial.

    Posted 5 years ago by Roger 5201 · Reply

  • Statistics shown...MCA still sliding down. Just like Gerakan is already dead...You will be the last man standing in MCA.

    Posted 5 years ago by Will Be Humble · Reply