PUTRAJAYA, Nov 2 — MCA holding fresh polls will only divide the party and make it weaker, said former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
“Because the people who lose will not be reconciled. So in the end you will have a weaker party,” he told reporters after witnessing a collaboration signing ceremony between three companies here today.
He said the problem now in the MCA, MIC or Umno was the jostling for leadership positions.
“They are not thinking about the party, the party is just a horse on which they ride. And they think that by associating themselves with a political party, they can get something in return,” he said.
Dr Mahathir was asked on reports in newspapers today that Wanita MCA wanted MCA to hold fresh polls. He said splits were happening in political parties because their leaders were not interested in the country or the interests of their respective parties.
MCA has been embroiled in a leadership crisis for over a year now. The party held an extraordinary ordinary general meeting on Oct 10 to try and resolve it but not all the feuding factions were satisfied with the outcome; hence, the call for fresh polls to be held.
Commenting on rumours that former Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) member Badrul Hisham Abdullah, who is Port Klang assemblyman, planned to join Umno, Dr Mahathir said he did not know whether Umno would accept him because he allegedly did not function as an assemblyman.
“I think Umno should know better whether he can function or not,” he said.
But in terms of numbers, Dr Mahathir said, if Umno wanted to achieve a higher number (of elected representatives), Umno might accept him because “they are not going to make him a prime minister, deputy prime minister or minister.” — Bernama
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