Politics of Deception...

I had stand on record that Ka Ting is a master schemer and Kong Choy master the art of deception. They had successfully eliminated Tun Ling Liong Sik, Tan Sri Lim Ah Lek and Chua Jui Meng in a political master stroke.

Now there are speculations that the Ong/Chan team were part of the 3rd Force behind the move to oust Ong Tee Keat as the President of MCA for only a year.

Prior thereto Ka Ting had conveniently removed a thorn in his elder brother's flesh in Perak by eliminating Loke Yuen Yow, the most senior Deputy Minister and a rising star then; in a contest for MCA Youth Chairman between Ong Tee Keat and Loke in the 90s.

Subsequent thereto, Chua Soi Lek and Donald Lim were targeted for elimination in a road map involving a 3 panel snoop squad allegedly headed by Liow Tiong Lai ( Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports) consisting of Wee Jeck Seng (Ka Ting's political secretary then) and Tee An Chuan, an ex-convict who was allocated a special waiting room/office in by Liow in his Ministry then.

The allegation was investigated and dismissed summarily without accountability and transparency by Ong Ka Ting while he was in the President's Chair. The entire incident was whitewashed and until to date no one had actually seen the investigatory report by Michael Chen , Sak Cheng Lum and another, lending credibility that there was truth in the allegations .

However Ong Ka Ting and Chan Kong Choy was all too powerful then. No one dare to question their decisions in anyway for fear of insubordination or disciplinary action.

It was then unlike President Ong Tee Keat today, whose exercise of constituitional powers had been openly questioned and distorted by plain insubordination and rebellion.

Back to the latest today....As I had predicted, the unconstituitional EGM called and endorsed by Liow Tiong Lai did not receive the support they claimed, thus the EGM was called off and converted into a briefing in order that Liow and gang can inflate the attendances with "imported fictional delegates'.

The EGM was called off, despite Liow's right hand man and woman Wee Ka Siong and Chew Mei Fun's assertion a day earlier that their unconstituitional EGM will continue if the date of the fresh election was not determined.

It was a 'BLUFF' and they are capable of more bluffs. Umno, PM and DPM's name was used and reused to lend credence to their 'bluffs' every now and then. This was the same tactic used to hoodwinked Tun Mahathir to interfere into MCA's affairs back in 2002 that made many MCA supporters angry and ashamed until today.

In fact Umno, PM and DPM's name dropping was done so very often that it belittled UMNO, the Prime Minister and his Deputy's reputation, dignity and integrity.

I was personally told before the EGM, after the EGM etc that Umno, PM and DPM wanted both our duly elected President and Deputy President to vacate their seats for their annointed 'President in waiting'.

In the past, thes spins will be effective as MCA has always been in awe and respectful of Umno as the Big Brother.

However the times, they are a changing now. Many MCA leaders are now educated and have their name and dignity to uphold. They have to face their supporters and the people on the ground.

They are fully aware of their rights and sovereignty under the constitution. MCA leaders now knows the meaning of insubordination and act of war against their sovereignty.

Liow and gang were guilty of insubordination when they rebelled against the decision of the Central Committee. Their open invitation of Umno's interference is an attack on MCA's sovereignty as an independent political party.

Liow's announcement of the postphonement of the party's AGM to be held on the 5th. December is again another act unbecoming of a responsible Vice President of MCA.

If the Deputy President can defer the announcement (if any) to be made by the President, why is Liow openly showing his disrespect of our party protocol?

Liow is a Minister and a future MCA President to be...why can't he follow basic decorum and protocol? Is this the example of discipline and good leadership to come from him?

Is Liow the Minister of Health sending a wrong signal and bad education by example to our youngsters? Is he a good role model of a rebellious culture?

Chief requisitionist, Wong Nai Chee who had earlier claimed that they had received 1300 delegates committment to attend today's EGM is another poker bluff. If they are able to have the attendance of 1300 delegates, they will never call off the EGM since their pre-condition in calling off the EGM is that the date of the fresh election must be fixed.

The date was not agreed despite their crying out loud. MCA's President Ong Tee Keat and Deputy Chua Soi Lek were accorded the respect due to the party by the DPM as a mediator when the dates for a fresh election were not forced into MCA's throat.

MCA as a party must exercise their sovereignty and our party's constituition must be adhered to. As I have said again and again, the provisions and the spirit of the party's constituition must be upheld.

A fresh election can only be held in three circumstances and not otherwise. Liow, Chua or Ong cannot decide on behalf of the CC.

How can Liow so quickly and conveniently forgotten his pledge to uphold the MCA constituition? Didn't he said that we must respect the Central Committee and the Constituition? Has he forgotten about the Central Committee and MCA's constituition when he was kow-towing the Deputy Prime Minister?

Today the unconstituitional EGM was converted to a rebellion briefing was attended by slightly more than 500 signatures of the central delegates (not verified by professionals as promised). The others were chartered by tour buses mainly from Johor Bahru, Pahang, Perak where it is the political base of Wee Ka Siong, Liow Tiong lai and Ong Ka Chuan. There were mobilization of an 'unknown' force too.

Again Liow is using the DPM as his political shield in his art of deception that he had mastered under the tutelage of his master Chan Kong Choy. He has two masters actually. He had adopted the image of Lim Ah Lek but the political culture of Chan Kong Choy.

Again he never failed to refer to his most respected Deputy Prime Minister as follows:

Liow said Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin was heavily involved in helping MCA resolve the crisis and appealed to reporters to refer to the deputy Umno president reported Msiakini

A word of caution to our most respected Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. Liow had used the same respectful tone to Tun Ling Liong Sik and Ong Tee Keat when they were still powerful......

Rule by law, not sentiments

Friday August 7, 2009

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/8/7/nation/4472676&sec=nation

Rule by law, not sentiments

By ISABELLE LAI

PETALING JAYA: PAS cannot extend the provisions of the Syariah Enactment and impose it on non-Muslims, said MCA non-governmental organisation liaison bureau chairman and central committee member Datuk Ti Lian Ker.

“We are ruled by law and not sentiments based on race or religion,” he said, adding that PAS was effectively extending Syariah laws on non-Muslims under the pretext of Muslim sentiments.

He referred to recent calls by Selangor PAS exco member Datuk Dr Hassan Ali that a blanket ban be imposed on the sale of beer by convenience stores in Muslim-majority areas.

Ti also referred to Dr Hassan’s argument that non-Muslims could easily buy their beer from the many shops outside Muslim-majority areas as arrogant and non-tolerant of the rights of non-Muslims as provided for by law.

He added that Dr Hassan’s argument discarded the existence of DAP as a political partner.

“The Syariah Enactment is enforceable only on Muslims. Non-Muslims have their civil and criminal laws and it is clearly provided that non-Muslims can buy and sell beer without any restrictions or licences,” he said in a press statement yesterday.

He added that as PAS could not respect an express provision of the law, “how can we ever trust PAS to rule the nation and be fair to the non-Muslims? How can DAP falsely assure the community into voting for PAS?”

“The rule of the majority must be with due respect to the minority. The continuous insistence by PAS that the minority give in and sacrifice our rights and liberties in the name of respect to the majority is tantamount to bullying,” he said.

He added that PAS cannot rule the country based on the sentiments or emotions of a few aggressive intolerant leaders who are out to be heroes in their communities.

“What if this Muslim neighbourhood decides to chase out non-Muslims from the neighbourhood one day? What about the right, liberties and sentiments and feelings of non-Muslims?”

Ti said Selangor exco member Ronnie Liu should advise his Pakatan partners (PAS leaders) to concentrate on their dakwah activities and not impose additional restrictions or prohibitions on others.