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Wee calls out Nazri over MCA slur
Over the past year, MCA, the second largest party in Barisan Nasional (BN), has engaged in numerous exchanges with Umno in its attempt to shake off the view that it was subservient to the lynchpin party.
MCA Youth chief Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong said Nazri’s recent insult on MCA reflected the latter’s arrogance and reminded the senior Umno leader that without the Chinese-based party, BN could not form government.
“The statement by Nazri insulting our party president is demeaning as it is almost implying that Nazri does not see MCA as an equal partner in BN.
“Arrogant leaders will lose the support of the people whom they represent — a single BN party by itself cannot form federal government,” he said in a statement today.
Nazri had recently likened MCA to an “aggrieved woman” or a “wife who complains all day long that she was being abused, raped and not given enough food, but yet does not want to divorce her husband.”
“Such a statement can tarnish the image of MCA, and might even damage the strong relationship that we have with Umno,” Wee warned.
“I would like to ask Nazri now if his remarks are his own personal opinion or do they represent the feelings of Umno as a whole?” he asked.
Last year, MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek had locked horns several times with top Umno leaders as he attempted to push for Chinese community rights and called for the abolishment of the 30 per cent Bumiputera equity target.
Even as the racially-charged tiff between the two BN giants eventually fizzled out, Dr Chua used last year’s BN convention in December as his platform to deliver a hard-hitting reminder to Umno that the “big brother, small brother” system in the ruling pact should no longer exist.
During his speech at the convention, the outspoken leader even told Umno that MCA disagreed with how important government policy decisions were often made during Umno Supreme Council meetings instead of in the Cabinet.
“MCA feels that there should not be a big brother or small brother in BN’s ranks. We are all equally responsible to fight in the same struggle and with the same objectives. We are equal partners,” Dr Chua had said.
Wee said today that now was not the right time to reignite such a feud as BN parties needed to focus on how to recapture the support of the electorate.
He reminded Nazri that the BN pact is made up of multi-cultural parties and each party shared a strong bond.
“If we were to only depend on a single party, BN will not be able to form the federal government.
“We also see every vote as important and no matter how big or small that party is, we need to help each other whenever one of us faces difficult times and not laugh and poke fun at each other,” he said.
Wee also pointed out that Nazri had contested and won in Election 2008 on a BN ticket, and had also been appointed to his post as a minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in a BN-led government.
“As such, his actions and statement are totally the opposite of what his current stature and position demands.
“Nazri’s description of MCA’s condition now as a wife who does not have a husband is unreasonable, ridiculous, and downright insulting. This example given by him is totally in contrast with the actual situation,” he said.
He, however, added that MCA would not be discouraged by Nazri’s statement and would not be afraid to express its dissatisfaction when faced with unfairness and untruths.
“We will not keep quiet. MCA represents the people’s voice and we will not take a single step back when facing barriers,” he said.
MCA opens fire on ‘ridiculous’ Nazri
PETALING JAYA: MCA is seeing red for being labelled a “neglected wife” by an Umno leader and warned that such remarks could damage the relationship between the Barisan Nasional component parties.
Taking Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz to task over the matter, MCA vice-president Wee Ka Siong asked if the former’s comments reflected his party’s stand.
“I would like to ask Nazri now if his remarks are his own personal opinion, or do they represent the feelings of Umno as a whole?”
“His actions are totally the opposite of what his current stature and position demands,” Wee added, reminding Nazri that he had campaigned in the 2008 general election under the BN flag.
Nazri had purportedly told Chinese daily Nanyang Siang Pau that “MCA is like a wife who keeps complaining to outsiders that she has been detained, sexually abused and denied food by her husband, but she refuses to divorce.”
The minister had also warned MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek not to act like a “Chinese hero” and mocked the latter about his sex scandal.
Apart from this, Nazri also suggested that MCA quit BN if it was disatisfied with the treatment it was getting.
Continuing his tirade, Wee said that Nazri’s remarks were nothing short of “unreasonable, ridiculous and downright insulting.”
The deputy education minister said that Nazri’s comments gave the impression that Umno did not view MCA as an equal partner within BN.
The MCA vice-president also said that there was more to BN than its foremost party, Umno.
“BN is a coalition made up of multi-cultural parties and each party has a strong bond with each other. If we only depend on a single party, BN will not be able to form the federal government,” he warned.
Yesterday MCA deputy president Liow Tiong Lai also expressed his unhappiness over Nazri’s remarks.
He said that MCA would be raising the matter in the next Barisan Nasional supreme council meeting.
Nazri was quoted in The Star today as saying that he was only expressing his personal opinion.
“What wrong have I done? This is a free country. “If they are not happy, then whack-lah (blast me then). Just reply in the newspapers,” the daily quoted him.
This has not been the first time that Umno politicians have undermined their MCA comrades.
Attacks on MCA from Umno escalated since the former’s heavy defeat in the March 2008 general election.
The MCA also faced much criticism from the Malay-based party when it called for a merit-based system and the abolishment of the 30% Bumiputera equity target.
Koh to Nazri: You’re a loose cannon
KUALA LUMPUR: Gerakan president Koh Tsu Koon today joined in the chorus of censure against Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nazri Aziz, saying his action can reinforce perceptions that Umno is a racist bully.
“I’m sure it will (affect non-Malay votes towards Barisan Nasional),” senator Koh told a press conference at Parliament lobby here.
He said that Nazri’s reproach against all the non-Malay component parties in an interview with a Chinese daily recently was against the BN’s team spirit and uncalled for, especially when the ruling coalition was preparing for a key battle in the April 16 Sarawak election.
He called the de facto law minister a “lose cannon”, saying that his actions could dent the ruling coalition’s chances at the polls in Sarawak, which begins on April 6.
“This lose cannon is shooting up our line-up, our own army,” said Koh, who is also Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department.
“He is totally irresponsible. (What he said) is extremely damaging,” he added.
Nazri is also in the same ministry but both have yet to meet each other to settle the row, he said.
Old feuds rekindled
Nazri has come under heavy fire over his remarks on non-Malay component parties, especially on MCA, the second biggest BN partner.
He likened MCA to an “aggrieved woman” or a “wife who complains all day long that she was being abused, raped and not given enough food, but yet does not want to divorce her husband”.
Carried in the Chinese daily Nanyang Siang Pau, his statement instantly earned him the wrath of top MCA leaders, reigniting a recent feud between the party and its BN partner, Umno.
Although the row died off eventually, MCA leaders were still taking pot shots at Umno, warning it against acting like a “Big Brother” in BN, saying this would hurt the coalition’s effort to regain non-Malay support.
Nazri claimed he was misquoted and that his statement was his personal view but for Koh, and MCA leaders, the damage has been done.
“It doesn’t help at all to quell the notion that Umno is arrogant. I was quite shocked by the severity of his statement,” said Koh.
He added that Nazri could have used internal channels to express his views.
BN adheres to a code of non-interference as far as disciplinary issues within individual component parties are concerned and often leave punitive measures against errant members to their own respective parties.
Koh said that it was up to the top leadership to decide if action should be taken against Nazri.
But he urged Nazri to clarify and apologise openly to back his claim that he was misquoted by the media.
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The Gerakan president also urged the BN supreme council to take disciplinary action against Umno leader.
“He must say if he has been misquoted. If he is misquoted then he should ask whoever is responsible to apologise, but if he is not misquoted then it is up to him (to make a public apology). He is a grown man, he should know what to do,” he told reporters in parliament here.
Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz’s comments, which were published yesterday in the Chinese daily Nanyang Siang Pau, had painted MCA as a aggrieved woman” or a “wife who complains all day long that she was being abused, raped and not given enough food, but yet does not want to divorce her husband.”
Koh said Nazri’s statement was against the team spirit in BN and has affected the ruling coalition’s preparation in the Sarawak polls as well as an anticipated general election.
“This kind of statement is totally irresponsible and affects the morale of the grassroots. And in my opinion it is extremely damaging so we want to condemn such heroic acts on his own and it is damaging to the relationship in BN,” he said.
“I call him a loose cannon. How can he shoot at our own line-up when we are advancing now, as we are getting ready and gaining ground under Datuk Seri Najib (Razak)?” he added.
Koh added that such statements should not have been made in public as they would cement public perception that Umno leaders were arrogant.
Nazri’s remarks had immediately earned him the wrath of top MCA leaders and reignited a recent feud between the party and Umno.
Last year, MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek had locked horns several times with top Umno leaders as he attempted to push for Chinese community rights and called for the abolishment of the 30 per cent Bumiputera equity target.
Even as the racially-charged tiff between the two BN giants eventually fizzled out, Dr Chua used last year’s BN convention in December as his platform to deliver a hard-hitting reminder to Umno that the “big brother, small brother” system in the ruling pact should no longer exist.
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