Ti: Respect MCA special panel

Thursday December 17, 2009
Ti: Respect MCA special panel

KUALA LUMPUR: MCA vice-president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai has been asked to respect the Special Committee for Fresh Party Election.

Party central committee member Datuk Ti Lian Ker said Liow should stop making public statements on the issue and allow the committee to work out a consensus towards fresh polls.

The committee, chaired by deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek with Liow also as a member, is to iron out the technicalities towards fresh polls.

Ti said all central committee members had agreed to refrain from making public statements on the matter.

He said Liow and his group had, however, shown their disrespect to the committee by orchestrating a very public and political drama of tendering an insufficient number of resignations of the CC members.

“As a member of the committee, why is he taking the issues out of the committee without regards to the decorum and discipline of the party?

“With discipline, we could have waited for the recommendations of the committee and signed our resignations together,’’ he said.

Ti had queried Liow’s motive for tendering his resignation letter and those of 12 other central committee members to MCA secretary-general Senator Datuk Wong Foon Meng at Parliament on Tuesday.

Others who also signed were vice-president Tan Kok Hong, Lee Wei Kiat, Dr Hou Kok Chung, Datuk Yu Chok Tow, Wong Nai Chee, Datuk Wee Jeck Seng, Senator Datuk Dr Yeow Chai Thiam, Datuk Hoh Khai Mun, Datuk Liew Yuen Keong, Datuk Wong Mook Leong, Datuk Edward Khoo Keok Hai and Senator Datuk Alex Wong Siong Hwee.

Ti had asked if Liow was diverting the attention from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s in­­quiry into the alleged luxury birthday present received by Liow’s wife Datin Seri Lee Sun Loo.

Stating that Liow and his group had stolen the thunder and avoided the lightning, Ti called for all parties to unite on a common platform under the supervision of the committee in the common interest of MCA.

“We must all work together in unison, quietly ironing out the differences and agreeing to the approaches towards a fresh election without compromising or breaching the sanctity and supremacy of the MCA constitution.

“The perceived sovereignty of the MCA is of utmost importance to ensure that the party’s image, independence and dignity is safeguarded and maintained at all times,’’ he said.