MCA and Gerakan leaders and Ministers have been issuing many heroic statements about their objections against Hadi Awang’s Private Member’s Bill that was given the fast track in Parliament.
They have declared that the Bill is unconstitutional and the MCA and Gerakan Ministers even threatened to quit their government posts if the hudud law is implemented.
MCA secretary general Datuk Ong Ka Chuan has also revealed that Azalina’s move to fast track Hadi’s Private Member’s Bill was not approved by the Cabinet.
It is therefore most puzzling that till today, despite all their tough talk, MCA president Datuk Seri Liow and Gerakan president Datuk Mah Siew Keong are not interested in taking the necessary steps to resolve the spat. They are only keen to talk about the resignation threat which is “after the horses had bolted”and to shift the blame on DAP.
Why are they afraid to do the two immediate things that they know very well should be done, namely, to call for the sacking of Azalina Othman and to requisition an emergency BN Supreme Council meeting to resolve the spat?
The reluctance or failure of Datuk Seri Liow and Datuk Mah to carry out the above two necessary steps can only be due to three possible reasons :-
- They are afraid of confronting the person who had, without the Cabinet approval, given Azalina the green light to fast track Hadi’s Private Member’s Bill;
- They were privy to the Umno Pas plot to fast track the Bill;
- They don’t want to resolve the spat before the completion of the Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar by elections so as to allow the controversy to divert the voters’ attention from the twin major issues, via 1 MDB scandal and GST.
Given the MCA and Gerakan’s ceaseless attacks on the DAP over the Bill, it is clearer by the day that the fast tracking of the Private Member’s Bill is a political plot designed for the upcoming Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar by elections.
On May 29, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai has publicly said that Hadi’s “Hudud Bill’ will not affect Chinese votes in the two upcoming parliamentary by elections.
How could he possibly make such a statement when MCA leaders and ministers have issued strong statements against the Bill and even threatened to quit their government post, albeit after the “horses had bolted”?
If Liow and MCA and Gerakan are serious and consistent in their stand against Hadi’s “hudud bill” and having always claimed to be ready to champion the Chinese community’s interest, they should announce a boycott of the Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar by elections.