‘UMNO tak pernah ketepi MCA untuk DAP”

SEORANG pemimpin UMNO menyangkal dakwaan bahawa MCA diketepikan kerana UMNO mengutamakan kerjasama dengan DAP.

Ahli Majlis Kerja Tertinggi, Datuk Seri Shahaniza Shamsuddin berkata MCA masih aktif dalam Barisan Nasional dan ia tetap diperlukan gabungan itu.

“Apa bukti UMNO ketepikan MCA? Mereka masih memegang jawatan penting dalam BN dan kerajaan.

“Malah presiden MCA Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong sendiri mengadiri majlis ulang tahun ke-79 UMNO baru-baru ini,” kata Shahaniza di Kuala Lumpur, kelmarin.

Beliau memberi contoh perlantikan ketua MCA Temerloh Wong Tat Chee sebagai ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri Pahang dan bekas ketua pemudanya Nicole Wong yang dilantik sebagai pegawai khas kepada Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

Shahaniza berharap MCA perlu fokus kepada persediaan menghadapi pilihanraya umum ke-16 nanti.

Beliau berkata demikian sebagai mengulas bekas naib presiden MCA Ti Lian Ker yang berkata partinya perlu merangka arah masa depan sendiri berikutan diketepikan UMNO.

Ti berkata adalah tidak wajar bagi MCA meninggalkan BN sekarang, namun ia perlu mencari arah sendiri bagi mencatat kemenangan pada PRU akan datang.

 

‘Umno never sidelined MCA for DAP’

AN UMNO leader has reportedly dismissed claims that the party is prioritising the DAP over its Barisan Nasional (BN) ally MCA, saying MCA remains actively involved in BN activities and state administrations.

Umno Supreme Council member Shahaniza Shamsuddin highlighted that MCA leaders still hold posts within BN-led governments.

“What evidence is there of MCA being sidelined? Even MCA president Wee Ka Siong attended Umno’s 79th anniversary celebration,” Shahaniza was quoted saying by Free Malaysia on Monday.

Shahaniza highlighted Temerloh MCA chief Wong Tat Chee’s appointment as a Pahang assemblyman, and former MCA Youth chief Nicole Wong’s role as a special officer to Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to back her point.

Her remarks came in response to former MCA vice-president Ti Lian Ker, who said the party must chart its own course amid growing discontent among members who feel sidelined by Umno’s alleged leanings towards DAP.

Ti said it would be “irresponsible” for MCA to abandon BN now, but stressed the party should aim to secure its own victories in the next general election rather than relying on allies.

Umno and MCA are founding members of BN, a coalition that has since been part of the unity government coalition with Pakatan Harapan, Gabungan Parti Sarawak and Gabungan Rakyat Sabah.

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