Senior vs. Junior??
It's official! MCA's current secretary general, Ting Chew Peh is going to challenge incumbent Chan Kong Choy for deputy president in the upcoming MCA elections. This was announced in a press conference called by Ting this morning.
With VP, Chua Jui Meng challenging Ong Ka Ting for president, is this a battle between the old guards and the young turks?
With Ting's confirmed move, two are going for president, three (including Chan Tse Yuen) are going for deputy president while nine are aiming for vice president. This will turn out to be the most democratic election since two decades ago (or is it?).
All candidates will have slightly more than a month left to campaign. Chua Jui Meng raised the stake when he announced his election manifesto, a first in MCA history. "Fish-head" Ling Liong Sik joined in the fray when he openly supported the Ong-Chan pair although he did mentioned that he will not interfere in MCA elections after he retire.
Rumour also has it that Ling has struck secret deal with Ong-Chan pair in order to elevate his son to lead the MCA Youth movement. Personally, I do not think that this will go through because I don't think Hee Leong’s bid will be successful (even with Ong-Chan's backing) as he is still does not has wide grassroots’ support and he is only a vice-chief for Perak. Electing him to the post will give out the idea of interference of outside force into the youth movement, which is the last thing they need to be seen as independent.
MCA Youth legal affairs bureau chief, Lim Seng Chai tipped Liow Tiang Lai (current MCA Youth secretary-general) to win the post because "If Hee Leong wins the post, it will affect the development of MCA Youth" and "We have never seen him voicing his views on national and international issues. We don’t know his way of leading, he has no reason to contest", and of course, "What we know is that he is a businessman who was embroiled in a multi-billion ringgit controversy over business deals involving businessman Soh Chee Wen".
With all the odds against him, I wonder if Hee Leong will even want to be nominated for the post. Doing so will only bring disaster to his short political life if he does not win (which I give it 0.001% chance). Lim also quoted as saying that "fish-head" Ling's influence is not significant and delegates will eventually reject irrational request (or out of the blue) and vote with wisdom.
With all these dramas unfolding, I forsee more to happen in the coming weeks. Hopefully this time someone won't be lame enough to call in help from Big Brother in order to get another "loser" mandate like the last time!
With VP, Chua Jui Meng challenging Ong Ka Ting for president, is this a battle between the old guards and the young turks?
With Ting's confirmed move, two are going for president, three (including Chan Tse Yuen) are going for deputy president while nine are aiming for vice president. This will turn out to be the most democratic election since two decades ago (or is it?).
All candidates will have slightly more than a month left to campaign. Chua Jui Meng raised the stake when he announced his election manifesto, a first in MCA history. "Fish-head" Ling Liong Sik joined in the fray when he openly supported the Ong-Chan pair although he did mentioned that he will not interfere in MCA elections after he retire.
Rumour also has it that Ling has struck secret deal with Ong-Chan pair in order to elevate his son to lead the MCA Youth movement. Personally, I do not think that this will go through because I don't think Hee Leong’s bid will be successful (even with Ong-Chan's backing) as he is still does not has wide grassroots’ support and he is only a vice-chief for Perak. Electing him to the post will give out the idea of interference of outside force into the youth movement, which is the last thing they need to be seen as independent.
MCA Youth legal affairs bureau chief, Lim Seng Chai tipped Liow Tiang Lai (current MCA Youth secretary-general) to win the post because "If Hee Leong wins the post, it will affect the development of MCA Youth" and "We have never seen him voicing his views on national and international issues. We don’t know his way of leading, he has no reason to contest", and of course, "What we know is that he is a businessman who was embroiled in a multi-billion ringgit controversy over business deals involving businessman Soh Chee Wen".
With all the odds against him, I wonder if Hee Leong will even want to be nominated for the post. Doing so will only bring disaster to his short political life if he does not win (which I give it 0.001% chance). Lim also quoted as saying that "fish-head" Ling's influence is not significant and delegates will eventually reject irrational request (or out of the blue) and vote with wisdom.
With all these dramas unfolding, I forsee more to happen in the coming weeks. Hopefully this time someone won't be lame enough to call in help from Big Brother in order to get another "loser" mandate like the last time!
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