MCA: So it's 'Malaysian Malaysia' no more?

DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang appears to have dropped his once held belief that a non-Malay can one day become prime minister of Malaysia, said MCA.

In a statement today, MCA publicity chief Chai Kim Sen said Kit Siang had said this during an interview with Nanyang Siang Pau that was published on Nov 6, 2008.

Chai, in paraphrasing the DAP supremo, said the latter believed all Malaysians have a right to dream of becoming prime minister of Malaysia, regardless of their ethnicity, following Barrack Obama's inauguration as the first black US president.

Anyone can be prime minister of Malaysia, according to Kit Siang (photo), if Umno-dominated BN was replaced with a truly multi-racial coalition, and that non-Malays must not underestimate themselves or forgo their rights.

"But now, father and son - Lim Kit Siang and Lim Guan Eng - have chosen to underestimate their own rights," said Chai.

He was referring to DAP's denial against allegations that the party was seeking the position of deputy prime minister

should Pakatan Harapan and Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) succeed in forming the next federal government.

The allegation stems from a recent slip of tongue by Bersatu chairperson Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Mahathir has since corrected himself by claiming that he had mixed up MCA with DAP, citing a statement by MCA deputy secretary-general Loke Yuen Yow in 2009.

Now that DAP had made it clear that it was not seeking the position, Chai said that DAP's pursuit of a "Malaysian Malaysia" has come to an end.

This, he added, showed that DAP had abandoned its founding principles.- Mkini