By Jimmy Wong | The Malaysian Insider
Oct 21 — Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek must be a short-sighted politician for saying that MCA is ready and united to battle DAP in the coming general elections.
Is that all this MCA president thinks about? Beating DAP, not representing all Malaysians in a government.
Is the MCA just focussing on the Chinese vote and not other voters, in its “Battle Without Fear” campaign to keep DAP from becoming part of any government?
What about other races? Actually, what happened to MCA’s soul-searching after the Chinese rejected it in the 2008 elections? Have they forgotten that they wanted to be more inclusive, more Malaysian?
If this is how low MCA has sunk, from a party that protected Chinese interests but also represented Malayans wanting independence, then the party should just close shop.
Beating DAP is not even a target for any self-respecting politician. It is the aim of those who just want to keep power and position without an idea of what to do with such power and position.
MCA needs to understand that it is contesting to win votes for a government that will bring a better future for Malaysia, not to deny rivals their victory.
It looks like it is now a party of also-rans, those who are too simple-minded and obsessed with just keeping power and relevance. It is a party that subscribes to divide-and-rule, one that just wants to say it is all for the Chinese.
The Chinese are more pragmatic than that. This is Malaysia, our homeland. We don’t need to stick to old ways and traditions just so that a few politicians are in the Cabinet.
We want to keep being Malaysians, no matter race or creed. MCA’s politics that Dr Chua subscribes too will just keep us divided with him on the top.
No thank you sir. You should listen to your predecessor Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik. He used to say DAP was No Action, Talk Only or NATO. I think that is now an apt description of the MCA.
Why don’t you just put the party out of its misery and shut it down if you still believe your raison d’etre is to beat the DAP?