KUALA LUMPUR: MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat has faith the delegates will know how to judge the current situation and vote with their conscience.
“I believe in the party central delegates. I believe that they will judge the situation and vote with their conscience after taking into consideration the will of the people,” he said.
He added that MCA central delegates must also consider carefully if the party should be led by a man who can be used as a tool by the opposition parties to attack the MCA.
“Or they can give the team led by me and the central committee, which was also elected by them, enough room to continue to work without the internal friction.
“There is also the need to speed up the three key thrusts in the MCA’s push for change,” he said in an interview on News Talk hosted by Siew Hui Mei at Astro AEC yesterday.
Celebrating together: Ong and his wife Datin Seri Jane Ong together with (from left) Sunway Group Exco member Puan Sri Dr Susan Cheah, Sunway Pyramid chief executive officer H. C. Chan, Kelana Jaya MCA division chief Ong Chong Swen and members of the public walking around Sunway Pyramid carrying lanterns to mark the Mid-Autumn Festival last evening. Looking at the current scenario in the MCA, Ong said there was no “party infighting” as there was no dispute within the presidential council.
Ong added that the central committee members also shared similar views on various issues.
The president said he heard plans to topple him as well as to call for an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) a week after he assumed the party’s leadership last October.
When asked if he had spoken to Dr Chua and had tried to work together after the party election last year, Ong said:
“Definitely. We have no personal hatred. The problem arose from the posts of the MCA president and Transport Minister.”
Ong added that despite the impending party EGM on Oct 10, he continued to attend to his ministry work, party matters and constituency affairs.
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