BN perlu runding secara tertutup – Tok Mat

PARTI komponen Barisan Nasional (BN) diharap tidak mengeluarkan kenyataan yang boleh menjejaskan keharmonian gabungan itu yang telah dibentuk sekian lama.

Timbalan Pengerusi BN, Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan berkata, tidak sepatutnya komponen utama BN terutama UMNO, MCA dan MIC yang telah menjalinkan hubungan sejak puluhan tahun menyatakan ketidakpuasan hati antara satu sama lain secara terbuka.

Menurutnya, sekiranya ada salah faham ia perlulah diselesaikan dengan baik supaya keluarga BN terus kukuh.

“Dalam apa jua bentuk gabungan, baik suami isteri pun kadang-kadang ada pertelingkahan.

“Jadi kita tidak mahu pertelingkahan kecil ini akan menyebabkan persahabatan kita yang telah pun berpuluh tahun sejak ditubuhkan itu terjejas,” katanya ditemui pemberita di Seremban, semalam.

Beliau berkata demikian mengulas kenyataan Timbalan Presiden MIC, Datuk Seri M Saravanan, yang mendakwa dirinya dan MIC seolah-olah ditipu Pengerusi BN, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi yang menjanjikan jawatan Kabinet sekiranya menyokong Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim sebagai Perdana Menteri.

Ahli Parlimen Tapah itu turut menyuarakan kekecewaan kerana MIC didakwa tidak diberi sebarang peranan dalam kerajaan serta memberi bayangan tidak perlu meneruskan kerjasama jika tidak diperlukan.

Kenyataan dibuat Saravanan itu kemudian dibalas Ahli Majlis Kerja Tertinggi (MKT) UMNO, Datuk Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi yang seterusnya menjadi perbalahan antara dua ahli politik itu di media sosial.

BN must discuss behind closed doors – Tok Mat

BARISAN Nasional component parties should not air their grievances with one another in the open, says the coalition’s deputy chairman, Mohamad Hasan.

Mohamad, also known as Tok Mat, said misunderstandings among component parties must be handled with tact, and that everyone’s focus should be on strengthening the coalition.

He said Umno, MCA and MIC have been allies since the days of the Alliance party and should not voice their dissatisfaction with one another in public.

“In any form of partnership, even between a husband and wife, there are bound to be disputes. We don’t want these minor disputes to cause our decades-long friendship to be affected.

“I hope that all parties can calm down and put their accusations to rest. What’s important is that BN rises again.

“The same goes for Umno leaders. We should focus on how we can strengthen the party instead of exposing the internal weaknesses (in BN),” the Umno deputy president said.

MIC’s future came under scrutiny after deputy president M Saravanan said the party’s direction would be decided at its annual general meeting in October.

Saravanan said MIC felt like an “unwanted guest” in the current government, with no posts offered despite the presence of senior political figures in its ranks.

On Saturday, MIC president SA Vigneswaran said the party was prepared to engage in discussions with any political party to ensure its survival and better serve the Indian community.

BN chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, however, insisted that MIC’s future would be more secure if it remained with the coalition.

 

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