No date set for EGM yet

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KUALA LUMPUR: No decision has been made on when the MCA extraordinary general meeting (EGM) should be called.

Party secretary-general Datuk Wong Foon Meng said the secretariat had also not decided whether it should be held before or after the party’s annual general meeting (AGM) on Oct 11.

Wong said the secretariat would work out the details and decide soon.

“We will finalise it and make an announcement as soon as possible,” he told reporters after chairing a weekly meeting with several Selangor MCA leaders at Wisma MCA here yesterday.

The secretariat, he said, was still waiting for supporters of sacked deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek to make their next move.

“They still haven’t submitted the required signatures and requisitions to call for an EGM,” said Wong, adding however that no deadline had been set for Dr Chua’s supporters to submit them.

When asked if Dr Chua had submitted his appeal against his sacking, which he would have to do so before Sept 16, Wong said: “No, I have yet to receive anything from him.”

On whether the party’s constitution would be amended to allow direct election of the party president, Wong said the secretariat had yet to finalise the details for such a proposal.

Loh Seng Kok, who is the chief coordinator for Dr Chua’s camp, said the group would still have to assess the best time to submit their requisition.

“We will submit it when the time is appropriate. We have to safeguard the rights and interests of the central delegates who have signed to requisite for an EGM,” he said.

On Aug 31, party president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat instructed Wong to call for an EGM while at the same time, Dr Chua claimed that he had collected more than 800 signatures for the EGM.

Last week, both parties agreed in principle to convene a merged EGM with a single list of resolutions.

Meanwhile, news portal www.malaysian mirror.com/cn quoted a source as saying that the camp of sacked MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek was facing difficulties in calling for an EGM as the party central delegates who initially signed up to call for the meeting had switched camps.

The group, it said, would go for an alternative plan as its number of supporters had reduced. It said Dr Chua’s camp planned to set up a political party called the Malaysia Cinta Party.