I would like to refer to the letter entitled 'Face lost in face-saving exercise' (Aug 4). Those people who walked out do not seem ashamed of their act. They have behaved childishly and betrayed the people who elected them as youth delegates. They also do not understand the meaning of democracy.

Everyone knows that the MCA Youth Annual General Meeting (AGM) is the ultimate forum to debate and decide on any issues pertaining to the MCA Youth wing. If the 350-odd youth delegates who chose not to be present to exercise the right of the members who elected them, then they should be regarded as willing to accept whatever resolutions the AGM passed.

The same could be said of the 400-odd youth delegates who chose to walk out when it was obvious that they have lost the voting. Now, after they have chosen to desert the MCA Youth AGM, they come back to question the resolutions passed in their absence. If they had stayed back to voice their opinions and voted, the AGM might not have succeeded in the sacking of the two disgraced leaders as it would require a two-thirds majority of those present.

What did they expect when they decided to stage a walkout? That the AGM be resolved and recalled again and again, until they have secured a majority? Our nation is doomed if the maturity of our future leaders is this pathetic.

Also, the whole fracas was started by the Yew faction, when a joker tried to snatch the microphone from the chairperson. They also later started the chair-throwing incident.

Ong Tee Keat (Youth chairperson) was being a gentleman by leaving the decision to the AGM, which according to the constitution is the highest authority to decide on any issue. It was those sore losers who thought that with 25 central committee members they could decide against the wishes and wisdom of more than 700 youth delegates.

When the MCA EGM was held to decide on the Nanyang Siang Pau takeover issue, the faction which lost in the voting took the defeat gracefully. They did not choose to leave the EGM and later threatened to take the issue to court.

Leaders should be people who understand the meaning of democracy. They are not people who choose to accept the decision of the majority when it coincides with their own opinion. Leaders also do not walk out when the going gets tough. They are people who are mindful of their every action and are willing to accept the consequences of their action in this case...staging a walk out.

I would like to appeal to certain MCA members to come to their senses and not blindly follow their leaders for their personal gain when it is obvious that the Chinese Malaysian is against them, in the case of the Nanyang takeover.