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| Update Soi Lek does not speak for party |
| Politics & Government 2009 | |||
| Written by Sharon Tan | |||
| Tuesday, 19 May 2009 14:53 | |||
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The party had not sanctioned such a meeting, said Ong in reference to Chua's meeting with PAS vice-president Datuk Husam Musa on Monday. Ong was later briefed by Chua on the meeting. "I never said any meeting or any individual leaders of the party, whenever they want to see anybody, have to seek approval. I didn't say that. I don't think I need to sound that autocratic, right?" Chua had met Husam to discuss, among other things, the ongoing crisis in Perak. They agreed that there should be a dissolution of the state assembly to pave the way for fresh elections. Asked whether "dissolution" was the party's stand, Ong skirted the question, and said the party was alerted to the meeting between Chua and Husam but did not convene a meeting to sanction or discuss the matter. "We had not held any meeting on our own to discuss whether he should proceed with such a meeting," said Ong, after the launch yesterday of the Franchising and Exhibition Seminar organised by the MCA Youth Economic Task Force at Wisma MCA. On whether it was acceptable for party leaders to meet with opposition leaders, Ong said there must be a decision made by party leaders before such a meeting could be sanctioned or otherwise. "In this case (referring to Chua's meeting), there was no such meeting (of party leaders), so the question of whether it is ‘ok or not ok' does not arise." Pressed on MCA's stand on the Perak crisis, Ong said: "Even when you talk about dissolution of the state assembly, normally the dissolution needs to be triggered off by the menteri besar, who would be seeking an audience with the Sultan. "But now if both sides of the divide insist that their choice of the MB is the legitimate one, at the end of the day, does it mean to say there are two representations made?" He said the courts had yet to decide on the matter and the best thing to do was to wait for the decision. "It is not tactics or whatever but sometimes we need to drive home the simple message that simple logic needs to be observed," he said. Commenting on Barisan Nasional's decision not to field a candidate in the upcoming Penanti by-election, Ong said BN's main agenda was to give priority to the country's performance and future, and the people's interest. On whether BN is sensitive to the Penanti constituents' interest who wanted BN to contest and represent them, he said it could be just a perception of certain quarters, adding that if they were to take into account all the needs of the people, there would be no end to the matter. "What is important, as a ruling party, we must have own standing as to what is good and unreasonable for the people. We cannot follow others' beat especially those who have political motive," Ong added.
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