Leos on the Loose

They cannot but wait for Thursday 15th October to come by. Much of their future apparently is in the hands or 'tongues' of the MCA Central committee members. Will this small coterie of the potential out-going President's men and women hijack the will of the entire MCA membership and do appointments instead to short circuit the need for another EGM?

The MCA roulette wheel has been spun. What will the outcome be?

Just within less than 24 hours to another fateful D-Day,as MCA members await new developments, listless Leos are on the loose.

At best, they are the little leagues of Malaysian politics. Cherubs,no match for the UMNO leadership,are fighting for support.

Let us read this report. I have taken liberty to paraphrase where required.

"With the posts of MCA president, deputy president and two vice-presidencies potentially up for grabs tomorrow, various parties in the MCA central committee are said to be jostling for them.

Apparently Liow Tiong Lai and Kong Cho Ha have struck a bargain to be the new Number One and Two respectively.Another version has it that Wee Ka Siong and Ng Yen Yen should not be written off as yet. They are still in the running. A third version says Liow and Wee are said to be one team while Kong and Ng are said to be another. That Liow and Kong have settled the top two posts are apparently rumors and a “camouflage”.

As usual the "I" is stronger than the "We" in MCA. It has been like that after Tun Tan Siew Sin passed on the baton. And so as the rumour went,Kong and Ng felt they are more senior and that Liow and Wee can wait. Such pettiness continues to be evident.

There have also been some bargaining over who in the central committee would be elevated to become vice president should Liow, Kong, Wee or Ng become president and deputy.

On the outside, are those clamoring for fresh polls. These included political has-beens, rejected outright by Central delegates. Here,we have the likes of Fong Chan Onn and Donald Lim and newly reinstated MCA member,Dr. Chua Soi Lek, the apparent cause of all this imbroglio.

Opponents of fresh polls, however, say that an election would consume much time and resources and the party can ill-afford another bruising leadership battle.

Proponents for an election,however, say that it is the cleanest and only solution to renew MCA.

In less than a day, we will know whether selfishness or selflessness rules the roost in MCA. Will it spell a fresh new beginning for MCA or will it doom the already weakening party further?