Respect & Trust is the Key to Survive

Way to regain respect and regain trust
The General Election of the country is around the corner This General
Election which is number 13 is termed as the mother of elections. This
is so because it is believed that which ever side wins there will be a
great change to the country. The change will come, whether we like it
or not.
You may ask who cause the change and why. My answer is it is caused by
people who hold the finances of the country. They do it to ensure they
continue to hold power to safeguard their positions.
Coming back to the issue under discussion, it is under such atmosphere
of General Election that the people invariably put political parties
contesting under review and MCA is no exception.
You know very well, of late, MCA is very much in need of respect and
trust. Respect from it own peers especially from UMNO and trust from
the people. The people have already viewed MCA as an irrelevant party.
It is riddle with bad leadership at all levels and unable to represent
the Chinese effectively in the government.
Urgent action needs to be taken to restore the respect and trust. You
may ask what type of actions that can be considered effective. Well,
my suggestion is, go back to basic. Leaders must be sincere and
honest.
Ensure every member of the party exercise his or her rights to vote
for their leaders of all levels of the party, right down from the
President to the branch leadership. Member will feel he or she has a
meaningful role to play in the party. The system of using delegates
should be abolished. Delegate system opens to fraud.
A President elected by members direct and not by delegates will gain
much better respect from his peers than a President elected under a
faulty delegate system.
Ensure all major decisions affecting the party whether within or
without especially confronting other parties within the National Front
should always be obtained by way of a Referendum. This will enhance
the value of the mandate. And hence, it will gain more weight and
respect.

Dr Chan