MCA deputy president Liow Tiong Lai has denied that he asked Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to interfere in MCA's extraordinary general meeting (EGM) that will be held on Sunday.

This follows MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek's statement yesterday that "somebody had complained" to the BN deputy chairperson about the party's EGM, at which a motion to censure Liow is to be tabled.

NONE"Recently, there have been people trying to confuse the MCA central delegates by pointing fingers at me, at closed-door meetings and cell phone SMSes, saying that I am the one who asked the deputy prime minister to interfere in the coming MCA EGM.

"I would like to clarify that the accusation is groundless, that it is unfounded slander and character assassination against me," Liow told a press conference today.

The Bentong MP said he has always upheld the sovereignty of the party and would not agree to Umno or any other political party interfering in the internal affairs of MCA.

"I never complained to the deputy prime minister on anything about the EGM. As to who complaint to the deputy prime minister, the media can ask Chua or the deputy prime minister directly," Liow added.

Called by 20 MCA central committee members, the coming EGM on Sunday will vote on the following four resolutions:

  • To censure Liow for 1) his refusal to accept and respect the collective decision of the presidential council and central committee in which he participated, e.g. disciplinary cases, etc; 2) for failing in his duty as general election preparation committee chairperson 3) tarnishing the party’s image by provoking infighting.
  • To revoke the party resolution passed at the AGM of 2011 and 2012 in order to enable members to accept ministerial, deputy ministerial or any other cabinet posts;

 

  • That party members shall accept appointments as senators or any other positions in government, e.g. hospital board members and in government-linked companies;

 

  • That party members shall accept appointments at the state-level, such as state exco members, council members, village heads and any other state government posts as deemed essential for the party.

Chua accused of resorting to personal attacks

Liow, who had announced he will contest for the party presidency post, accused Chua of resorting to personal attacks against him in some closed-door briefing sessions in order to hold him back in the party election.

“These are all accusations that want to pull me down so that I am unable to contest in the party election in December.

“These are all character-assassinating personal attacks, they should not come from a party president,” he said.

However, Liow refuse to comment on whether he will maintain his stand to contest the top post of the party should the EGM enable the passage of the resolution.

Hence, he slammed Chua for trying to confuse the central delegates by using other issues which are not related to the resolution.

Nevertheless, Liow urged the central delegates to think twice before casting their votes on the second to fourth resolutions of the EGM.

He said that the delegates should vote for or against all the resolutions in one, or it will cause a lot of problems to the party.