MCA has expressed its interest to contest all parliamentary seats previously contested by Gerakan in Penang in the upcoming 15th general election (GE15), said its president Wee Ka Siong.
He added that the party wishes to contest the seats left by Gerakan, which are not currently under BN, as the constituencies have many Chinese voters.
“Logically, we will take over. If not all, most of the seats that were contested by Gerakan, because those areas have a high density of Chinese voters," he told reporters in George Town yesterday.
Earlier, Wee along with MCA deputy president Mah Hang Soon and Penang MCA chairperson Tan Teik Cheng launched the Bayan Baru Parliament and Pantai Jerejak state constituency MCA Operations Room.
Wee, however, stressed that the discussion on seat allocations with Penang BN party components is still ongoing and it will be a collective decision.
In GE14, Penang BN contested 40 state and 13 parliamentary seats, while Gerakan was allocated 13 state and four Parliament seats.
Gerakan, which quit the BN coalition in the aftermath of a poor showing in GE14, joined the Perikatan Nasional coalition led by former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin.
- Bernama
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