Resign from all appointed positions, Ti urges Liow

Tuesday February 9, 2010

Resign from all appointed positions, Ti urges Liow

PETALING JAYA: MCA central committee member Datuk Ti Lian Ker has urged vice-president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai to quit all his appointed positions if he remained in conflict with the party president.
Ti, in his latest blog posting entitled “What is happening to our minister?”, said Liow would only be taken seriously in his cause if he resigned from all posts. “If he cannot respect the chair of the president and the deputy, he is no longer fit to command the respect of a leader.
“Even if he does not see eye-to-eye with the president or disagrees with the party decisions, he is under an obligation to respect the party and work as a team player,” wrote Ti, who is the Kuantan MCA division chief.
He said Liow was appointed a minister by virtue of his position in the MCA and not in his personal capacity.
“If he cannot toe the party line and chooses to walk a wayward path, he is no longer working and looking after the interest, stability and welfare of the party,” said Ti.
He cited the resignation of former Deputy Prime Minister Tun Musa Hitam in 1986 when the latter disagreed with then Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
“Musa understood the spirit, mechanics and principles of democracy. He merely retained the deputy president’s post of which he was duly elected by the delegates,” he added.
Ti asked where Liow was heading after saying that he was not boycotting the party but only not participating in activities organised by party president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat and his deputy Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek.