The party adrift

THE PARTY ADRIFT - MCA EGM

And who is the WINNER ? It is none other than LIM KIT SIANG (LKS). It is quite certain that LKS did not foresee the chaotic situation of MCA as it is in today. ONG TEE KEAT (OTK) was constantly hounded by LKS on the PKFZ fiasco since the day OTK announced that he would have it investigated and a report to be made public. Since then several top politicians past and present especially from the MCA had to face public scrutiny and unwanted perceptions.
Although OTK was doing a good job in wanting to get to the core of the problems of PKFZ and to remedy and save the project he unwittingly opened a can of worms which of course offended those connected directly or indirectly to the project.

Over the past few months the hot potato PKFZ became very explosive until the Prime Minister had to diffuse it by forming a super committee to take over. Meanwhile LKS was rubbing his hands gleefully as it has spilled into the MCA. While this was boiling the DR. CHUA SOI LEK (CSL) saga exploded with him being sacked. CAN OTK TAKE THIS DOUBLE WHAMMY ? The results of the EGM has shown that he was not ready. It must be remembered that all this while he had been a loner. Having been elected President for more than a year he has failed to consolidate his position and expand his base of support quickly. The interests of the warlords were not enhanced and influential kingmakers were not won over. It could be due to his nature and character. And finally the auspicious "10-10-10" ahs dictated his future.

AND SO WHAT NOW ?
History is now in the making. Technically there is no President or Deputy President as decided at the EGM. The Secretary General had said that the CWC would meet and decide on the next course of action. Whatever is the outcome, MCA must quickly find a suitable leader who would be able to rally the members behind him. The 13th GE is not far away and MCA must prove its worth and relevance or else they will be phased out politically. Although the majority of the Chinese community are unperturbed by the MCA crisis they are still interested in the outcome. Hopefully it will not result in the members losing faith in the partyand finally thinking of other options.