MCA won’t quit BN, but
right to feel sidelined, says
Umno man
Puad Zarkashi warns against ‘losing what you already have in pursuit of what you fail to reach’.
However, the Rengit assemblyman said the BN party was right to feel sidelined in the government as it was not given any roles at the federal level.
he said, referring to how Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was not given a Cabinet post.But that’s the reality that Umno had to endure when BN was in the Perikatan Nasional government. Umno’s hierarchy was disrespected at the time,
he said in a Facebook post.However, MCA still has posts in the Johor and Melaka executive councils. So leaving BN is not a good option,
He warned MCA against leaving BN for fear of
.losing what you already have in pursuit of what you fail to reach
Puad, who is also the Johor state assembly speaker, was nonetheless confident that MCA would not quit the coalition given the decades of partnership the party has with Umno.
he said.All the more with MCA being led by Wee Ka Siong. He’s a BN die-hard. So these stories of MCA possibly leaving BN are just being fabricated by certain parties,
Earlier, Malaysiakini quoted an MCA source as saying the party’s top leadership was under pressure from its grassroots to leave BN.
The source, reportedly a top party leader, said this pressure mounted after BN chairman Zahid said the coalition will ally with Pakatan Harapan in the 16th general election.
He said the grassroots was unhappy that MCA has been sidelined in the government. However, he said he party’s central committee has yet to decide on the matter.
MCA secretary-general Chong Sin Woon later rubbished the report, telling FMT there have been
.no such discussions within the party
Another MCA leader, who asked not to be identified, claimed that certain quarters were trying to divide BN, which the party co-founded in 1973.
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