March 18, 2010 18:16 PM
Tee Keat Says He Has No Problem With Ka Ting Contesting Mca Presidency
KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat said he had no problem with former president Tan Sri Ong Ka Ting contesting the presidency in the party elections on March 28.
Tee Keat, who is defending the post, said he had a good relationship with Ka Ting and they had met a day before Ka Ting announced his candidacy.
Speaking to reporters at the lobby of Parliament, he said he did not have any special strategy to garner votes in the elections.
Tee Keat, who is the Transport Minister, said he would have to concentrate on his work at the ministry or people would say that he was not doing his job.
Meanwhile, former vice-president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai called on the elections committee to review the prohibition on former Central Committee (CC) members Datuk Wong Mook Leong and Wong Nai Chee to contest the elections.
He said that based on Article 41 of the party constitution, all CC members should be allowed to re-contest.
"On behalf of the two of them, I appeal to the party's legal bureau to review the decision and allow them to contest," he told reporters at the lobby of Parliament.
Liow, who is the Health Minister, said the elections committee used Article 23 to prevent them from contesting whereas many senior lawyers he consulted stated that only Article 41 should be referred to in re-elections.
"This election is very specific. It has nothing to do with Article 23. It is very specific (Article 41). When it comes to re-elections, only this specific article can be used," he said.
Mook Leong and Nai Chee, both supporters of Liow, had resigned as CC members on March 3 when 21 CC members resigned to force the holding of fresh elections.
In PONTIAN, former vice-president Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha said too many contestants for president would only make things more difficult in the party.
The Housing and Local Government Minister said nevertheless that every CC member was entitled to contest any position.
He was asked about Ka Ting's decision to contest the presidency after he had opened a public transportation complex and presented capitation grants to Johor local councils.
Asked which position he would contest, Kong said: "I will make an announcement soon. I have not made up my mind yet. I am not ruling out anything."
MCA political analysts predict that Kong might go for deputy president.
-- BERNAMA
Tee Keat, who is defending the post, said he had a good relationship with Ka Ting and they had met a day before Ka Ting announced his candidacy.
Speaking to reporters at the lobby of Parliament, he said he did not have any special strategy to garner votes in the elections.
Tee Keat, who is the Transport Minister, said he would have to concentrate on his work at the ministry or people would say that he was not doing his job.
Meanwhile, former vice-president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai called on the elections committee to review the prohibition on former Central Committee (CC) members Datuk Wong Mook Leong and Wong Nai Chee to contest the elections.
He said that based on Article 41 of the party constitution, all CC members should be allowed to re-contest.
"On behalf of the two of them, I appeal to the party's legal bureau to review the decision and allow them to contest," he told reporters at the lobby of Parliament.
Liow, who is the Health Minister, said the elections committee used Article 23 to prevent them from contesting whereas many senior lawyers he consulted stated that only Article 41 should be referred to in re-elections.
"This election is very specific. It has nothing to do with Article 23. It is very specific (Article 41). When it comes to re-elections, only this specific article can be used," he said.
Mook Leong and Nai Chee, both supporters of Liow, had resigned as CC members on March 3 when 21 CC members resigned to force the holding of fresh elections.
In PONTIAN, former vice-president Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha said too many contestants for president would only make things more difficult in the party.
The Housing and Local Government Minister said nevertheless that every CC member was entitled to contest any position.
He was asked about Ka Ting's decision to contest the presidency after he had opened a public transportation complex and presented capitation grants to Johor local councils.
Asked which position he would contest, Kong said: "I will make an announcement soon. I have not made up my mind yet. I am not ruling out anything."
MCA political analysts predict that Kong might go for deputy president.
-- BERNAMA
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Wonders......
Will he has a problem if CSL contest the presidency, then? Hmmmm.... wonders
He has met OKT the day before OKT announced candidacy... something was being discussed? Insider MCA wonders.... wondering too hard some times...
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