Brutus , Oh Brutus , When will You Ever Learn !

Wa Liow eh ! Why lie through your teeth , my friend ?

KUALA LUMPUR - MCA president Ong Tee Keat and his deputy Liow Tiong Lai had already met at a hotel here on Sunday, it is reliably learnt today.

This is contrary to Liow’s claims that he was still trying to fix a meeting with Ong to find what he described as an ‘amicable solution’ to the leadership crisis.

An associate of the corporate figure who arranged the meeting revealed that at Sunday’s meeting, Liow had insisted that he be allowed to helm the party.

Liow just wants to be president

It is also learnt that Liow was also persistent in getting the president to call off the second Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) aimed at getting a mandate from the central delegates on whether fresh polls for the central committee should be held.

The source said that at the meeting, Liow had only one thing in mind – to get Ong to hand over the party presidency to him. This was the short cut to the hot seat Liow wanted, disregarding whether it was right to do so without seeking a mandate from the central delegates.

A senior party leader, who asked not to be named, took Liow to task for attempting to portray Ong as being aloof and not being accommodating by saying that he had yet to get an appointment from Ong until now.

Liow had publicly declared that that the CC was not in favour of another EGM and that he was seeking the appointment as soon as possible with the party president.

“The actual fact is that the meeting had already taken place and how can Liow lie through his teeth. I wonder why he has to lie on such a simple matter," the party leader posed.

He questioned the motives of Liow for saying that he was still trying to confirm with the president for a suitable date for a meeting.

“If he can twist and turn over such a small matter as to whether a meeting had taken place, I wonder if he can be trusted to lead the party or handle other matters of national interest,” he said.

“We need a leader who is righteous and not those after personal glory and an easy way to reach the top.”

The insider said that Liow had also met Ong on Wednesday, which was the eve of the CC meeting and he could have discussed with the president about his intentions then.

But Liow became jittery when Ong indicated that he might stay.

Taken aback with Ong’s possible change of mind, Liow immediately called for a secret meeting with several party leaders at Nikko Hotel that night.

What else could be on the agenda of the secret meeting than to hatch a plot to get rid of the party president and grab the prize for himself with the help of stooges whom he would promise heaven and earth!

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