MCA should clear its stance, on whether they have ever consented to Najib’s announcement of Barisan Nasional Government taking over Hadi’s Private Member Bill, and prove that they have not abandoned their political responsibility for the people of Malaysia.
The accusation made by MCA President, Liow Tiong Lai that DAP is “Kit Siang & Son Sdn Bhd” and that DAP has been abandoning its responsibilities is totally wild and unfounded. It is absurd to hear MCA is talking about responsibility when they themselves have failed after all these years.
MCA has always wanted to show that they are vocal in objecting Hadi’s Bill, but in fact they have failed in action when its BN’s supremo – UMNO, danced together with PAS and willing to collaborate with Hadi Awang in getting Hadi’s Bill through in Parliament.
Can Liow explain to the people of Malaysia what had MCA 7 MPs done at the time when Hadi’s Bill was allowed by the Barisan Nasional Government to take priority over other Government Bills, not only once but twice, in May 2016 and November 2016 respectively?
Would the MCA MPs make a firm stand and vote against Hadi’s Bill when the same is taken over by the Government to be part of the Government Bill, or merely just put up a show by leaving the Parliament Chamber and abstain from voting, as evident previously in the incident involving MCA’s State Assemblyman for Titi Tinggi, Khaw Hock Kong where the later had opted to abstain himself when the amendment of the Administration of the Religion of Islam Enactment 2006, allowing a parent to convert a Child to Islam, came up for voting in the Perlis State Assembly?
Liow should be reminded of collective decision and collective responsibility principles in the Westminster Cabinet system. Since Najib has announced the taking over of Hadi’s Bill by the Government, being part of the Cabinet, the MCA Ministers can either consent to it, or to resign from its post in cabinet and pull out from Barisan Nasional. There is no third or other choice available.
If Liow is truly against Hadi’s Bill in all form, is he ready to carry out his political responsibility towards the People of Malaysia, and send a clear signal to Najib and UMNO, that MCA will together with other non-UMNO component parties, including those from Sabah and Sarawak, to pull out from Barisan Nasional and immediately isolate UMNO’s political power as an objection against UMNO to be in allied with PAS in Hadi Bill?
However, I believe Liow will never dare to take this move. The silence of MCA representatives when Hadi’s Bill was granted priority over other Government Bills has proven the true character of MCA. MCA’s relevance is reduced to only helping UMNO in whacking DAP and no longer has the people’s best interest. To its very best, MCA is merely a subsidiary company fully owned by its BN Supremo, UMNO.