An AGM That Should Have Been Call Off

The MCA in-fighting drama since more than a year ago has showcase how political power can make someone so corrupt that he has to do whatever he can to cling on his position. He can claims that what he did was to "reform" MCA, to introduce new political culture or whatever beautiful terms he can use, but the reality is: what he did and still doing is to jeopardise and destroy the party.

To enable someone to continue using his power to fight, he must first hypnotize himself that everything he does is for the benefit of the party and members, whoever against it is trying to destroy the party. That is what happening now. Despite having such huge protest from leaders and grassroot around the country, Ong still believes that all the voices against him are demons trying to stop his "justice" and "saint" move to rebuild the party. Has he ever stop and take a couple of minutes to make self criticism? Has he ever listen? Has he ever awake?

First, after the MCA party election on October 2008 where the delegates has chosen Ong Tee Keat and Chua Soi Lek as president and deputy president respectively, Ong has already started his "party cleansing" process to ousted Chua, who he believes as a priority before he can start implementing his party reform plan.

He refuses to recognize Chua as deputy by not giving him any party position, including the Chairman of Disiplinary Board, where by convention is to be hold by the Deputy President. His explanation was Chua has disiplinary case pending in MCA and it is a conflic of interest appointing him to lead the board.

Secondly, he refuses to appoint Chua to lead any state, especially Johor where Chua comes from and has the most grassroot support. Chua was denied from any political power that he ought to have when elected as party deputy president. All was set and Ong starts his rebuild plan, he leads a big group of politicians and businessman to visit China just before Chinese New Year and Chua was not in the list.

There were so many occasions where we can see how Chua was denied.

Now Ong has a menifesto that he has to deliver, a campaign manifesto that says if he won the president seat, he would implement a directy voting by members to replace the delegates system MCA using now. To do that, an EGM with 2/3 majority is needed to amend the party constitution to allow him to do so. But he has no confident because Chua has nearly 40% support. To do that, he either work together with Chua or throw him out of the party. Obvioulsy he has chosen the second option which leads the party in split into two. Ong team and Chua team.

Ong started his campaign to ousted Chua by using the state convention opening speech to put Chua as one of the 10 "outside forces" trying to topple him and destroy MCA. One of the forces reffered was Tiong, the PKFZ related tycoon. When everything was set, Ong then instruct the Disiplinary Board to charge Chua for having the sex scandal happen a year ago. As expected, Chua was sacked for involving in the sex scandal; Chua fight back by getting 1/3 of the central delegates to call for an EGM to regain his position and to vote no confident on Ong's leadership.

Judging on grassroot sentiments, Ong, after advice by his team, to reduce the penalty from sacking Chua to suspend his membership. But that didn't stop Chua's supporter to continue wanting to vote him no confident.

Ong has to tour the country to get support to fight Chua and the he gets most support from Liow Tiong Lai, the only Minister accompany him for the country political tour. Of course, Ong is also getting huge support from Youth Chief Wee Ka Siong and Wanita Chief Chew Mei Fun. On every occassion, Liow and Chew especially had openly ask the delegates to support Ong and said Ong has change, he knows what has happen and if he get through this EGM, he will start listening to others and will not continue his solo leadership style.

Ong has all the confident that he will get through and Chua will be ousted. He has used all media to help his campaign and just before the EGM, he gave few interview to many press and stated the same statement: "I will go even with losing by only one vote". This is a heroic statement and won many applauses. A gentlement and stateman proclaim that would need perfect confident to voice out.

Throughout the campaign, both camp start backmail each others and the grassroot start thinking since both Ong and Chua cannot work together, it is better to thrown both out of the party and replace with new faces rather than the party continue to split into two when one wins and other loses.

That is when a so call "thrid force" appear and ask delegates to vote both out. The 1010 EGM result was a surpise for many. Ong was voted with no confident, as Chua attempts to reinstate as deputy failed. But Chua managed to regain his membership.

Everything seems decided as both camp said they will definately respect the outcome of the EGM. Sadly, Ong refused to carry out the resolution and instead he is planning a comeback in a "hard way" by accusing Liow and his own strong supporters, including the both wings to betray him and stab him from behind. He claimed that all the action to ousted Chua was influenced by this betrayer gang.

He knows that he doesn't has to step down as provided in the party constitution but how to continue holding the post when he himself has openly saying that he will go even if he losses by only one vote? The only way to justify his stay is to start pinpoint and accuse others.

And the whole drama start. He said he was so sad to see the reality that his own people has betrayed him and he will not trust anybody now. He then need Chua's support and to get Chua support, he written a letter to ROS to seek clarification to reinstate Chua as deputy president. So both Ong and Chua come back as if the EGM has never happen! Then a so call Greater Unity Plan (GUP) was introduced and claim that it was agreed by the PM.

Just after the GUP, Ong starts his chopping game by restructuring the CC, sacking five of his own loyalists from CC and replaced it by Chua's supporters, including Chua's son. A second move was to sack Wee and Chew from Presidential Council and this really sparks off the fire thoroughout the country forcing PM to intervene. The GUP was a total failure.

The GUP forces Liow's team to call for an EGM to ask for a fresh elections. Ong has unprecedentaly refuse to carry out the EGM and accuse the EGM as unlawful.

DPM then was instructed by PM to intervene and help solving MCA crisis. The drama continue. Who will think of Ong would use all sort of execuses to avoid seeing DPM? He was admitted to hospital on the night DPM calling all fraction to meet at his house. He even run away from the Cabinet meeting and MCA CC meeting. Liow's 1128 EGM forces the AGM scheduled on Dec 5th to be called off because PM refused to attend as opening guest.

By now, Ong was left with little choices but he continue fighting. A Fresh Elections Committee was finally set up, lead by Chua. 13 CC from Liow's team send in their resignation letter and waiting another 8 to join so a fresh elections can be carry out. Everything was set for a fresh elections. However, Chua has his own agenda to drag the fresh elections to March so that he has time to tour the country and using party resources to gain more support.

Just when most people has given up and think that there is no hope for fresh elections, suddenly, 2 days before the rescheduled AGM on March 7, Chua leading another seven CC to send in their resignation letter and making the number to reach 2/3 of CC resign, paving the road towards a fresh elections.

Now we see hope in bringing MCA back on track. According to Party Constitution Article 41 spells: "If two-third or more of the elected mebers of the Central Committee shall at any time cease to be members of the Central Committee the remaining members shall within three (3) days of the day when the event occurs elect one of themselves to convene at the shortest possible time and in any event not later than thirty (30) days from the date of that event an Extraordinary Meeting of the General Assembly to elect a new Central Committee. Until a new Central Committee has been elected the remaining members of the Central Committee shall Administer the affairs of the Party. Provided that nothing herein shall prevent the re-election of any ex-Central Committee Members".

It is very clear now than within 30 days, there will be an EGM to elect a new leadership. In this case, i do not see any logic to continue having the AGM as 2/3 of the CC has already resigned. But Ong is still Ong, he still fight back even if the world has left him alone. I do not know whehter he realise that by doing so, he is actually destroying the party!

Ong, you have fight all your life in politics and this time, please, i beg you to stop fighting. If you really want to fight, fight in a gentleman way in the EGM on March 28 and seek to regain your presidenship if you like it so much. We have lost in the 308 General Election. There is very little option for us to regain Malaysian supports, especially from the Chinese community. The in-figthing has tear us apart.

Please give MCA a chance. Please listen to peoples. How can everybody is wrong and you are the only person in this planet who is right! Think about that, you have build your reputation all the while and you yourself to destroy it once and for all.

I hope one day we will remember you as a fighter for the community but not a demon who bring down the party.

Enough is enough.....please let go