KUALA LUMPUR: MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, who was branded a traitor for calling for the resignation of party boss Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat, wants to meet him so that a solution to the current leadership crisis can be found.
“It has got to be from both sides,” he said, adding that he was ready to meet Ong but had yet to get an appointment from him.
He was speaking to reporters at Parliament House yesterday and was asked about the latest developments concerning the party.
A leadership crisis arose when the party’s extraordinary general meeting voted for a no-confidence resolution in the party president on Oct 10.
Subsquently, it was reported that several party leaders had asked Ong to resign during its central committee meeting last Thursday.
Centre of attention: Liow speaking during the press conference at the Parliament House Monday. This resulted in Ong saying he was hurt that several people whom he h ad regarded as friends had turned against him.
Yesterday, Liow said he would continue talking to Ong so that an amicable solution could be reached.
“I managed to talk to him over the phone. I am willing to sit down with him and quickly come up with a good solution,” said Liow.
He said it was now up to Ong to agree to meet him.
On Ong’s decision to hold an EGM to decide whether a fresh election for the central committee should be held to resolve the current leadership crisis, Liow said the majority did not want another EGM.
Later at the Health Ministry’s Hari Raya open house, Liow said the MCA central committee never intended to topple Ong.
He said the series of events took place be- cause Ong had indicated his intention to resign.
Liow said he was very upset at being labelled the person who betrayed a friend.
Meanwhile, MCA Youth chief Datuk Dr Wee Ke Siong and Wanita chief Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun in a joint statement urged everyone to accept the outcome of the Oct 10 EGM.
Both said the central committee never forced Ong to resign,.
The two said the central committee meeting last Thursday was called to prevent any hiccups from happening when Ong passed on the baton to the new party leadership.
However, the two said this did not take place after suspicions were raised over the results of the Oct 10 EGM.
Ong, who was at Parliament yesterday, did not speak to reporters. He also did not speak to Liow, who was holding a press conference as he left the House.
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