Self interest over rides ethical behavior

Self interest over rides ethical behavior ( This is madness ).
                                                                                                          

 “ Soi Lek: Liow broke deal has no credibility” The report from Malaysiankini dated 16.1.14  really startled me. I was wondering, how could Soi Lek, a past President publicly condemned Tiong Lai, the present President as a person of no credibility. He had a hand in the game in getting Tiong Lai winning the Presidency. What Soi Lek is doing now is creating a very bad image to the Party. The Party may be destroyed by his mad act. In fact he needs to be disciplined.  

It makes me wonder. Was Soi Lek under duress (force) by someone then when he supported Liow?        Or was he really looking into the interest of his team members, ensuring them to be appointed into important positions in the Party regardless of their suitability? Or was he in actual fact looking into the interest of his son? What was the Peace Plan really for?

Recounting what had taken place, I feel Soi Lek by his Peace Plan had done more harm to the Party than strengthening it. Look at the Peace Plan. He wanted a contest at the Presidential level. He even sacrificed Mr. Gan by using him as a pawn to draw votes away from Ong Tee Keat. This was just to ensure Liow would win. At the Deputy level he even sacrificed Lim to ensure Lim had no chance to fight for the Vice Chairman post. He wanted no contest in the Vice Chairman post and the Committee post. He placed his son in the Vice Chairman level.  It is to ensure his son win the Vice Chairman post and be appointed into whatever position negotiated for. Now the Peace Plan had turned awry. It is expected to be. How can the President accommodate all the demand of Soi Lek. It seemed the President had even gone out of his way by appointing double deputy chairman in four states to accommodate his request. This is against the Party Constitution. His son was appointed as Chairman of the Perlis State Liaison Committee and which post was not negotiated for. To Soi Lek this was a betrayal. He was very much agitated and lost his cool. He is now revealing his true character.  

Mr. President, members hope you should stand firm and use the Party Constitution to guide you. MCA belongs to all members and not to a few who happened to be given the mandate to lead.

Personal agreement on matters affecting the Party made between leaders cannot over ride Party Constitution. Should there is a need, a properly elected committee or an appointed committee must be formed to deal with the issues. Any fundamental change to the structure of the Constitution a Referendum or a General Meeting needs to be held to get the mandate from the members to change. Creating extra positions such as creating extra Deputy Chairman of State Liaison Committee just to accommodate the personal agreement which termed as Peace Plan is incorrect.

Dr. Chan       17.01.14

Factionalism Persists In MCA

Factionalism persists in MCA

May I refer to the article dated 7^th.Jan2014 appearing at the FMT news, “Factionalism persists in MCA” written by Stanley Koh, the former head of MCA research unit, now the FMT columnist. 

Stanley Koh was right in drawing the attention of readers to the fact that factions still persists in MCA. I would say it is a fact that all organizations whether political or non political do have factions. It is up to the wisdom of the leadership to minimize the adverse effect fermented by the various factions and convert the adverse effect to the advantage of the organization. Should the leadership is able to exercise such wisdom I am sure the public will look at the organization with respect and place their hope of their future in it. Bringing up the fact that there are factions is admirable, showing braveness but, without suggesting any advice that may be useful to the leadership to cure the disease looks hollow. It may infer the writer is not writing with the intention of bettering the organization, but as a voice that supports a faction.

In my opinion factions in the MCA were made worse by the so called Peace Plan. The opinion of the public was that there was no actual democratic selection of leadership at all. The selection was predetermined. The voting was directed. Most of the honest and capable were excluded by way of manipulation from those who called the shot.

Further down the line, there were appointments to posts where same old faces from both sides surfaced. They were appointed under the Peace Plan. In the eyes of the public they were considered dead wood and not worthy at all to lead, except enriching themselves. Already there were adverse comments of the recent line-up of the Wanita wing from senior members. I am sure the public and members are very interested in the rest of the line-ups. This is a crucial stage to the organization. The leadership must be honest in action. Appoint those who are clean and capable to hold positions. The leadership must be brave enough to correct mistakes quickly should there were mistakes made.

MCA must change its perception. It must be seen as an organization free from control from any quarters. Leaders must be honest and capable, honest in their actions and capable in swaying government policies to meet the level of fairness, thus, save- guarding the interest and survival of the Malaysian Chinese community.

If this dream is achieved I am sure MCA will be relevant again to the Malaysian Chinese community.

MCA Wanita- "Wong Fei Hung" ( Close-Shop )

MCA Wanita at Federal Level-“Wong Fei Hung”

The national wanita line-up as announced by the Chairperson had drawn shattering shameful response from the wanita branch leaders and senior wanita members. Majority said, after seeing the wanita national line-up, we were of the opinion that those newly appointed to various important posts were in fact the same people who had never proven anything worth mentioning. It was like changing the soup without changing the recipe.

They further said, to make things worse, there were some public known tainted characters were even appointed to important position. It was equated as putting monkey to take care of bananas.

With such a perception from the party’s own members, you can conclude what will be to the wanita as from now?

Comment from WK Chan

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The present political scenario  does not seem to indicate any optimistic sign for Malaysian Chinese to enjoy the legitimate  rights and positions as before when the country first achieved independence. As times went on the MCA leaders due to their incapability and incompetency failed to safeguard them.

The embattled Malaysian Chinese lost heart and discarded the MCA as irrelevant They rooted for DAP as they believed DAP could salvage back their legitimate rights and positions The results of the last elections already showed this trend.

It is hoped that the newly elected MCA leaders can work towards regaining those legitimate rights and positions and get back the confidence and support of the Malaysian Chinese. Only then MCA leaders are  able to raise their heads high with dignity and pride as true partner in BN to work towards the progress of the country as MCA is the second biggest component party in BN. As true partners MCA and UMNO should both value the symbiotic existence at all times  for the benefits and progress of the nation

Dr.Chan comments on MCA Penang State line up.

Will MCA in Penang state be able to crack the egg in the 14^th.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 2^nd.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 14^th General Election.  

Dr. Chan         03.01.2014  

Dr. Chan commented MCA AGM

The show is over

The curtain has been lowered. Everyone including the delegates was hurriedly packing up, preparing to leave to return to take care of their own affairs. Nobody seemed to care about the importance of the Annual General Meeting (AGM). It was the election of the leaders they were interested in. Only a few who had the concern of the Party remained behind to tidy up and conclude the AGM.

The press did a good job in praising the success of the AGM and the success of the Peace Plan. It was presumed the gullible public was well hoodwinked to believe things are running well. Soon everything will be back to normal. Nothing will change. The word “Change” is merely a slogan. Such scenario will be repeated every three to four years.

Had there been Citizen- Journalists (CJ) around and had video recorded the whole proceeding of the AGM and had it accorded to the public, I am sure the public and those members who had no access to the AGM could have the actual view and felt the actual atmosphere of the AGM,  would see it in a different light. 

In my opinion the MCA (Party) is utterly down trodden, shameful and condemned. Even the Prime Minister in his speech warned, shamed and condemned the Party and its leadership.

The PM warned the leaders with these words, “It is not a wake-up call. It is the last call” What sadden me was that when this warning was given, there was sound of hand clapping of cheer was heard. I wonder what was the clapping about. Again when the Prime Minister made a shameful fun of the leadership by asking them to take Viagra, the same clapping of hands were heard. Later I came to know that those who clapped did not know what they were clapping for. They clapped just because someone clapped. In actual fact, they could not understand what the PM said. How disgraceful they were.    

Look at the list of names of the so called newly elected leadership. There was no election at all. They were selected as a result of the peace plan. The delegates were given the order to select as ordered. You may ask how could this happen. Every delegate was supposed to have a free mind to choose. My answer to this is they were the delegates created from phantom members by self interest leaders to secure their positions.   

Can the Party make a change to regain the support of the Malaysian Chinese? I leave it to you to provide the answer.

Dr. Chan  21.12.13

Dr.Chan commented why MCA cannot change.

I do agree with you. If no significant change, the party will remain irrelevant to the Malaysian Chinese except to a few towkays.

You wonder why MCA is unable to change? My answer is that  it is due to the faulty system of the party. (1) Full power of decision and control lies on the Chairman at every level. As you know power corrupts.(2) The delegate system of selection of leadership.As you further know delegates can be generated by phantom members (3) The power of appointment to position. It is always misused and (4) No benchmark laid out to those who holds important posts.

Any Dick, Tom, and Harry can be chairman through popular vote without any educational qualification. 

I am sure present leaders love to maintain such system. We need a honest and brave leader to do a change. 

Dr. Chan.