Despite MCA's efforts to portray yesterday's by-election as a small victory in gaining Chinese support, its former chief says party leaders should drop their "denial syndrome" and face the fact it was a "severe defeat".
"We are one week away from 100 days in power for the current leadership of MCA.
"My personal assessment is that they have little to show for it other than a costly extraordinary general meeting (EGM) and a severe defeat in a by-election," said Ong Tee Keat in a statement today.
"Most importantly we need to ask ourselves why a MCA vice president heavily favoured by the MCA president, managed to lose 14 out of 16 PDM (polling districts), including those won in GE13 and other previously 'stronghold' areas," he said.
Ong (left) called for an end to the "denial syndrome" over Kajang candidate Chew Mei Fun's defeat at the hands of PKR president Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, saying "a serious postmortem into the performance of MCA" at the poll is needed.
"It is no point to harp on a negligible change in voter sentiment from a particular community," he said.
Despite heavy backing from the BN government, Chew lost to Wan Azizah by 5,379 out of a total 28,103 votes cast.
While PKR saw a reduced majority in real terms due to the lower turnout, in percentage terms it gained an additional 2.2 percent from GE13.
MCA however trumpeted its apparent 7 percent gain in Chinese votes as a minor victory for a party struggling to regain the community's support.
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"We are one week away from 100 days in power for the current leadership of MCA.
"My personal assessment is that they have little to show for it other than a costly extraordinary general meeting (EGM) and a severe defeat in a by-election," said Ong Tee Keat in a statement today.
"Most importantly we need to ask ourselves why a MCA vice president heavily favoured by the MCA president, managed to lose 14 out of 16 PDM (polling districts), including those won in GE13 and other previously 'stronghold' areas," he said.
Ong (left) called for an end to the "denial syndrome" over Kajang candidate Chew Mei Fun's defeat at the hands of PKR president Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, saying "a serious postmortem into the performance of MCA" at the poll is needed."It is no point to harp on a negligible change in voter sentiment from a particular community," he said.
Despite heavy backing from the BN government, Chew lost to Wan Azizah by 5,379 out of a total 28,103 votes cast.
While PKR saw a reduced majority in real terms due to the lower turnout, in percentage terms it gained an additional 2.2 percent from GE13.
MCA however trumpeted its apparent 7 percent gain in Chinese votes as a minor victory for a party struggling to regain the community's support.
[More to follow]
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