KUALA LUMPUR: The MCA extraordinary general meeting (EGM) scheduled for Nov 28 will be turned into a briefing session in the event of a sudden cancellation, said EGM requisitionist Wong Nai Chee.

He said the requisitionists would use the opportunity to brief delegates on the necessity of fresh polls and discuss the importance of democratic values.

"In the event it is cancelled, the EGM will be turned into a briefing. The delegates will be briefed on the necessity of having fresh elections," said Wong today.

Wong, who is aligned to vice-president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, said the EGM, however, was on track with no indication that it would be cancelled.

The EGM runs the risk of being called off at the last moment given Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's ongoing mediation in the MCA leadership issue.

Although the factions aligned to president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat, deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek and Liow have agreed to fresh polls, they have yet to come to a consensus on a suitable date.

Liow wants the fresh polls to be conducted by December or January while Chua deems March as a better month. Ong prefers a delay of six to eight months, long enough for the finalisation of a new election mechanism.

Liow's faction is travelling the country to convince MCA grassroot supporters of its cause.

Meanwhile, Wanita MCA chief Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun said the EGM would go on as planned unless the date for fresh party polls is fixed, according to Bernama.

"It's dangerous to cancel the EGM before the exact date for the fresh party polls is set, so the EGM will go on.

"We are aggressively preparing for the EGM. Therefore, I hope all the party's central delegates can attend the EGM," Chew, who is women, family and community development deputy minister, told reporters after launching Amnesty International's briefing paper The Gender Trap: Women, Violence and Poverty today.