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| Soi Lek: Enough of infighting |
| Politics & Government 2009 | |||
| Written by Sharon Tan | |||
| Thursday, 22 October 2009 22:16 | |||
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"Any form of political infighting must have a timeframe to end," Chua said when met after his joint press conference with party president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat at Wisma MCA today. He was asked whether MCA central delegates would accept the arrangement struck by the warring leaders. "Otherwise, as a political party dependent on the support of the people, not knowing when to quit will render it irrelevant, and whatever position you occupy in the party will become meaningless," he said. "If you lose the general election, whatever party post you are holding will be irrelevant." On whether he could work with Ong again in light of their animosity, Chua said he had been working with everyone since the day he was elected as deputy president. "In politics, they say it is an art to make the impossible possible and the possible impossible," said Chua. On whether he shared Ong's interpretation of the Oct 10 EGM results, he said he had his own view, but they had to work together as the central delegates had given them support in almost equal amounts. Asked if he would stop issuing "detrimental" statements against Ong, he said: "I would not retaliate if no one attacks me in the first place." Chua also said that his legal advisers were still of the opinion that he is the deputy president, as the third resolution (which was to reinstate him to his position as deputy president) did not apply because he was not sacked by the party and his suspension was annulled. "I never said I am still the deputy president. I would not like to enter into a legal argument so I thought the best authority is the Registrar of Societies (ROS)," he said, adding he was keeping an open mind on ROS' stand. On whether he accepted the election of Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai as deputy president, Chua said the most important question was whether the central delegates would accept him (Liow) or not. Chua also told reporters that he and Ong met with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak on Wednesday to brief him on the latest developments in MCA.
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