Will MCA in Penang state be able to crack the egg in the 14th.General Election? I think your answer is as good as mine. It all depends on how the party reorganizes and plays the correct cards.
Many had been wondering and viewed this question with uncertain answers. Some believed, the present adverse perception of the party is partly the wish of heaven. Yet others have a different view to it. Majority see it as self- created. They contributed it to bad leadership. Leaders do not have the courage to voice out wrong doings within and without and dare not correct wrong doings. Thus, creating a strong suspicion and believe that the party is been controlled and manipulated by an unseen hand behind the screen. Insincere, gutless, self- interested leaders are more to blame. It seemed the unseen hand all these years had a strong grip of the party to ensure obedience, loyalty and to echo what were wanted to echo. Now, to break this strong grip and to alter the present adverse perception of the party to a better one, it will be quite a task. The party needs brave, honest, and capable leaders to lead. The party also needs a great purge. Dead wood, defeated candidates in General Election, tainted characters, those who secured their party positions through questionable manipulation and those educationally unqualified must be put aside. Appoint those who are honest, brave and educationally qualified to do the job. There are ample of them and I am sure if they are invited and given the right incentive they will gladly accept the invitation for they have been hibernating for quite some years, ignored and unrecognized.
Under the present rejection circumstances, it is of natural consequence that the party which claims to represent and protect the Malaysian Chinese community and their interest, yet could not perform its task, be rejected and condemned. The sad part is that even the Prime Minister condemned, threatened, and made fun of the party in the party annual general meeting of late. I am not repeating those words that the Prime Minister uttered. I am ashamed to do so.
The leadership line-up as well as revealing the task ahead by the newly elected President, Dato Seri Leow Tiong Lai on the 2nd.Jan 2014 appeared to me the leadership is now earnestly trying to reorganize the party to be in a better state and acceptable to the Malaysian Chinese community at large.
Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun, one of the Vice Presidents was appointed as the Chairperson of the MCA Penang State Liaison Committee. It will be her duty to select her team to achieve this goal. If she is able to play her cards correctly there is a ray of hope that the Party may recapture a few seats in the coming 14th General Election.
Dr. Chan 03.01.2014
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