MCA’s Wee tells bosses to respect EGM decision

The Cobra has bared its fangs .

Wee, back from Geneva and wants the party to stay the course. - Bernama pic

By Debra Chong

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 — The writing is very clear on the wall when it comes to what MCA’s top leaders should do next, the party’s Youth chief Datuk Wee Ka Siong said.

Newly-returned from an international conference for members of parliament in Geneva, Switzerland, Wee said that the party president and his deputy must abide by the decisions made at the recent extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to settle the long-running dispute which has turned the federal coalition’s second biggest party topsy-turvy. Have you read the party's constitution on the requirement of two thirds majority from the assembly ? Otherwise shut your trap !

He pointed out that the three resolutions put forward by the party’s central delegates were straightforward and that no one should split hairs over them.

Delegates had moved a vote of no-confidence against embattled president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat, Wee said.

They had also overturned the presidential council’s decision to sack the deputy president, Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek, and decided he could stay on as a party member.

The former MCA secretary-general stressed that the party constitution was supreme and its general assembly remains the highest decision-making authority.

“The message is very clear. I don’t think you need a scientist to interpret them one by one,” said Wee, who was away when the EGM was held. in the Parliament lobby today. The message is very clear to us you don't need a lawyer burok to understand it either !

He refused to be drawn into siding either camp.

Personal feelings must be set aside for the good of the party, he added.

But he sidestepped a question on how long he thinks the “truce” between Ong and Dr Chua could last.

“Ask Ti Lian Ker,” he quipped.

Ti, an MCA central committee member, is said to have insinuated in his blog that Wee — together with Women chief Datuk Paduka Chew Mei Fun and new deputy president, Datuk Liow Tiong Lai — were behind a third group in the party bent on toppling both Ong and Dr Chua.

Wee scoffed at the suggestion that he was a “betrayer” of the party president’s trust.

“Utter rubbish. I only uphold the principles. Resolutions must be respected. Or else why hold EGM?” he shot back when asked about the insinuations.

Wee, who is also the Education deputy minister, said the charges were made by “unscrupulous people...out to destroy the party”.

Chew, who like Wee had been away in Geneva for the same Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) conference in Switzerland, similarly denied being a member of the “Thrid Force” when asked by reporters today.

She refused to comment further on the crisis within MCA.

Wipe that fucking smile off your face , Brutus ! Did Mohhiding ask you to say that or did Tiong ask you to do so ?