Perikatan Nasional has extended its olive branch to welcome MCA and MIC into its fold if the two parties are not getting due respect from BN.
According to PN chairperson Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, the two parties should show that they still have dignity and leave BN to work with PN.
“I have seen what was (MCA president Datuk Seri) Wee Ka Siong said. It looks like the party has been sidelined and denied the chance to contest.
“Umno has done a lot of things that have sidelined MCA and MIC. So if the parties still had dignity, why still be with BN? They can contest solo and gauge the people’s support (towards the parties), or work with any other parties, including Gerakan, and PN, because we are ‘open’,” the Bersatu president tells reporters after attending a PN function in Batang Kali last night.
MCA had previously announced that it would sit out of the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election, as it was not comfortable with statements made by DAP against the party.
Bersatu leader claims MCA and MIC ‘sidelined’ by unity govt, welcomes both parties to join PN
Bersatu associate wing information chief S. Subramaniam today welcome MIC and MCA to join Perikatan Nasional (PN).
He suggested that the two parties abandon their Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition and the unity government since they had been sidelined by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim led unity government.
Subramaniam told Malaysiakini that the two parties are also not appreciated by BN chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
“This clearly shows the parties are no longer being appreciated by Zahid.
“So, I am asking MCA and MIC to rethink their position in BN, and they are welcomed to join PN,” he said.
The Bersatu man added that both parties might lose influence and become irrelevant in the political scene if they continue to stay in BN for the upcoming state elections.
“From what I was informed, both parties were not even invited to discuss seat allocation for the state elections.
“Most probably they would get maybe one seat in each state, or maybe none at all.
“This is because of vindictive politics practised by certain Umno leaders against the two parties,” Subramaniam told the online news portal.
He was referring to the incident in 2021, when MCA and MIC leaders disagreed with certain Umno leaders who wanted to withdraw their support for Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin during his tenure as the prime minister.
Umno currently has six ministers and five deputy ministers in the unity government led by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, while another BN party PBRS has a deputy minister.
Both MCA and MIC have no ministerial posts in the unity government despite winning three parliamentary seats in the 15th General Election (GE15), namely Tanjung Piai and Ayer Hitam by MCA, and Tapah by MIC.
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