Friday March 19, 2010
Controversy over SMSes drags on
KOTA BARU: The controversy over an SMS dragging the Prime Minister's name into the MCA party election continues, with party president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat saying he believes it is the work of those supporting former president Tan Sri Ong Ka Ting.
The president said Ka Ting's supporters were free to make such claims.
He was commenting on the recent SMSes circulated to party central delegates, stating that Ka Ting had the endorsement of Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his deputy Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin in vying for the president's post in the March 28 party election.
On Wednesday, former MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek challenged Ka Ting to state whether there was any truth to the SMSes.
Dr Chua said the SMSes started to emerge after Ka Ting announced his intention to fight for the top post.
The former health minister added that using the names of two leaders in the MCA election could tarnish their reputation.
In an immediate reaction, Ka Ting denied the SMSes came from his side, adding that the text messages were sent out with a bad motive and hidden agenda.
Yesterday, Tee Keat said he was not sure whether Ka Ting was behind "all this".
"But to me, it is all the same. It is too early to say whether such SMSes will have an impact on the delegates because there are so many SMSes flying around, apart from the rife whisper campaign," said Tee Keat when met by reporters at the airport here yesterday.
On the possibility of a multi-cornered fight for the president's post, Tee Keat said such a scenario made no difference to him.
"Win or lose is part and parcel of politics. But one has to remember that if the winner is unable to transform the party, there is also no point in winning as the next general election is near," he added.
On Dr Chua starting on his campaign trail, Tee Keat replied: "We will wait and see. But Dr Chua is always on the move and he is always campaigning for one thing or the other."
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Wonders.....
Who is the culprit sending the SMS? What will the impact be? Let us THINK!
Possibility of OKT supporters sending the SMS so that he is seen to be an endorsed candidate of the PM and DPM. Everyone currently knows that OTK is not really the baby for UMNO or PM so the SMS could have positive effects on winning votes for OKT.
Possibility of CSL supporters sending the SMS out and then CSL became the first to have a press conference and said "I want Ong to deny his involvement in spreading the SMSes and say that the rumours were created by his supporters," (Source: here). Why does he specifically wants Ong Ka Ting to denies his involvement in the SMS? Does this mean that he suspect OKT there and there because the SMS contains OKT name? Or is he suspecting it was the work of Ong Tee Keat - therefore specifically wanting Ong Ka Ting to deny involvement? But Chua Soi Lek also in his statement accused OKT supporters - he seems to be so sure it was!
Possibility of OTK supporters sending the SMS too. Why? To create a tussle OKT-CSL? But it should not add benefit to OTK because every MCA member knows that he will be losing out now that people know OKT is PM's baby, when all the while OTK is not!
The SMS had purportedly claimed that Ka Ting has the blessings of Umno chief and Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to join the contest.
ReplyDeleteIt is uncanny, observed Chua, that the SMSes surfaced just after Ka Ting declared he would go for the No 1 in the MCA polls.
Ka Ting, of course, denies he is in the fight because Najib had asked him to.
However, many are apt to believe that the SMSes had indeed implied that he is an Umno lackey.
Who else is an UMNO lacky ?
Clue : has a Tan Sri , a former MCA deputy president , from Pahang ( CKC's and Liow's master puppeter ) and known to be very close to PM Najib and UMNO. The one who asked OKT to recontest . Sms originated from this source ?