GEORGE TOWN: MCA has challenged DAP to come clean to the Chinese community on its real intentions to eliminate MCA and Gerakan from the national political scene.
MCA publicity spokesman Datuk Seri Ti Lian Ker said today that DAP’s sole interest was to take over ownership of Chinese political representation.
“The party is desperately seeking to be part of the Federal government.
“Therefore, the DAP has no issues selling their principles, making U-turns and kissing up to any Malay political personality who can assist the party in its political ambitions,” he said.
In the past, Ti pointed out that DAP had “kow-towed” to Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah (Semangat 46), the late Datuk Fadzil Noor and Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang (Pas), Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (PKR), Mohamad Sabu (Parti Amanah Negara) and now to Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia).
“DAP has been the greatest of Dr Mahathir’s critics when he was in office for 22 years.
“Its supremo, Lim Kit Siang, had predicted ‘time bombs’ and ‘doomsday’ for Malaysia year after year and had even alleged that Dr Mahathir was the most corrupt prime minister, No 1 racist and the most radical and rampant abuser of powers.
“He had also said that Dr Mahathir was responsible for starting the Malaysian rot and had promised to put him in jail if DAP comes into power,” he added.
Ti said, in true fact, DAP under Lim practiced dictatorship, camouflaged itself perfectly by using the name “Democratic Action Party.”
Lim, he noted, had a history of exterminating party leaders who did not agree with him and tolerated zero dissent from within the party.
He noted that Lim had also succeeded in maintaining a tight grip on the party all these years.
He further noted that, similarly, DAP camouflaged itself as a multiracial party when in fact it was a Chinese party as admitted by their Malay leader Datuk Zaid Ibrahim recently.
“It is this dictatorial style by Lim that has called for the elimination of MCA and Gerakan from the national political scene. He cannot tolerate challenges or competition.
“Now, that he has gained near absolute control of Chinese votes among urban folk and can win more seats from working with former Umno and Pas leaders, he is seizing this opportunity to eliminate his political rivals so he can take absolute political ownership of the Chinese community.
“The question is what will the Chinese gain from removing or eliminating MCA and Gerakan from among their political options? Comparing apple to apple, MCA and Gerakan have served the Chinese community much more effectively than DAP despite DAP commanding a bigger number of representatives and support.
“Besides, DAP’s relentless political rhetoric and continuous attacks on MCA’s weakness, DAP has nothing much to show in terms of delivery and service to the Chinese community,” he stressed, adding that in their two terms of governing Penang, the party has brought more hardship to the poor, high end property development and corruption.
Ti said, in the name of democracy, DAP should not be talking about eliminating anyone, noting that by allowing competition and choice, there will be improvement.
“Why deprive the community of their choice to choose the better party to represent their interests by going for the kill?
“In the past, when the party was weaker, it pleaded for a two-party system, check and balance and many others. Now that they are stronger since working with ‘the devils’, they want MCA and Gerakan to be permanently removed from the political scene .
“If there is no MCA or Gerakan in future, can the Chinese trust DAP’s unprincipled, couldn’t care less politics of expediency? The party had made u-turns and swallowed its pride by embracing and promoting Dr Mahathir as their future prime minister despite attacking him viciously and vociferously for decades.
“The party has even given up their rocket logo to PKR in an attempt to win Malay votes. If it is willing to stoop so low and in the blink of an eye give up everything it has fought for and preached all these years, what else? How much more pathetic can DAP get? he asked.