PETALING JAYA: MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat is not averse to having fresh polls for the party in March, if the new electoral system involving the divisional delegates is ready, said central committee member Datuk Ti Lian Ker.
He said Ong had never objected to having fresh election as long as it was in line with the party constitution.
“In the interest of the party, we should be able to discuss and settle our problems internally,” he said in a statement yesterday.
Ti, who is also MCA NGO liason bureau chief, said Ong had mooted the idea for a fresh election during the Oct 15 CC meeting but this was opposed vehemently by vice-president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai and some CC members.
Ti added that the Greater Unity Plan (GUP) was therefore proposed and accepted by deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek and his supporters.
The GUP was to unite the party towards a fresh election when tempers were cooled and the delegates are clear about the issues facing the party.
“As per the announcement of Dr Chua, we were planning to have a direct election in about six months’ time.”
Ti said however the GUP was not accepted by Liow and his supporters.
In his blog www.tilianker.blogspot.com, Ti also questioned the need for the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister to intervene in the MCA crisis when Ong was gaining support from two-thirds of the central committee.
“How can MCA be worse off when the leadership is getting stronger and the two-thirds support is an absolute support in democratic terms?
“All this was achieved in accordance with democracy and the party constitution without outside interference,” he said yesterday.
He said the GUP was on course and the exclusion of the Youth and Wanita chiefs was a lesson for them to behave.
He also questioned why the Prime Minister had not taken Liow and his supporters to task for not being team players.
“Why should the party constitution and interest be sacrificed or sidelined to appease an aggressive minority?”
Ti said the party could not afford to have infighting in the presidential council, the party’s administrative body, every week.
He added that the door to the council would be opened to both the Youth and Wanita leaders if they had supported the GUP.
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