MCA: When the going gets tough, the tough gets going..

1. In the past few days, I have been in the offline mode despite not having any problem accessing the internet. It seems most of the story that has been running on the online media is being repeated and it has becoming very dry. In PKR, Azmin and Zaid Ibrahim seems to be facing some problems but from what I was told that there is indeed problems within PR but it has been exaggerated by the MSM to show that it is in a critical stage.

2. In MCA, more information is now coming out from last week Central Committee (CC) meeting. It is clear now that the CC members are not prepared to face the consequences when they made the collective decision to remove CSL. There are some CC members who were hoping to take the express elevator to be in higher office. They are painting a picture that the problem can be resolved in MCA if both CSL and OTK are no longer in MCA.

3. I am not sure if the problem will go away but it is quite clear that CSL removal was based on a collective decision by the CC and certainly OTK should not be made the scapegoat of that decision because he was the MCA president. This is a problem when people start placing their personal interest over the party interest. Liow Tiong Lai (LTL) was an instant benefactor of the current problem in MCA. I guess he is a hurry to be the president.

4. I believe OTK made the right decision to let the delegates decides at an EGM decides whether an AGM should be call to settle the current problem. Firstly, he has the constitutional rights in ordering for another EGM. Secondly, the CC members were split right in the middle on the need to resign because of their collective decision. The CC members were also divided on the issue of whether OTK need to resign. In a way an EGM calling for an Ex-AGM will solve a whole lot of problems.

5. While this is going on in MCA, I was surprised to see an article in Malaysian Insider where the DAP is telling the police to investigate the possibility of corruption involving LTL. It seems that a company by the name of Axis Construction has been paying for the Toyota Alphard belonging to LTL’s wife. I am not sure whether this is true but an article in Malaysia Today, gave all the facts which includes date, amount and check number. This should be an easy case for police or the MACC considering the necessary documents has been made public.

6. I expect between now and the EGM, more dirt from both of the dissenting camp will comes out. LTL will be under attack. It is not easy to unseat the president when he has the powers within his hand. OTK soldiers will be on the attack and LTL need to act in a manner that does not killed his long term political future.

7. I hope more information will come out when the battle within MCA continues. It will surely test the fitness of the committee members and MCA top echelons and at the same time the hungry public will be given more information about the wrong doing by our political office bearers. Only the tough will survive. Certainly, Malaysia boleh!