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Two MCA leaders have called for the party's lawmakers to support a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, September 1, 2015.Two veteran MCA members today piled on pressure for Datuk Seri Najib Razak to step down, telling the party's seven Chinese MPs to consider whether it is still tenable to support the prime minister.
Tan Foong Luen, a Negri Sembilan MCA leader who heads the party's Seremban division legal bureau, said MCA's lawmakers, including the three ministers, should place the people and the nation above Najib.
He told The Malaysian Insider that Barisan Nasional (BN) lawmakers must consider doing the right thing – removing Najib but keeping the BN in power – to serve the people and the nation.
The Chinese-based MCA is a senior member of the BN coalition.
The three MCA lawmakers are Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai (Bentong), Datuk Ong Ka Chuan (Tanjong Malim) and Datuk Wee Ka Siong (Ayer Hitam), while Datuk Chua Tee Yong (Labis) is a deputy minister.
Tan, who is a lawyer and a central delegate member, was responding to Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's call on BN parliamentarians to support a motion of no-confidence against Najib's leadership.
The country's longest serving prime minister said a successful no-confidence vote would only result in Najib's ouster, but BN would remain in power since it has the majority in the Dewan Rakyat.
"BN will not fall after Na
Any no-confidence vote in the Dewan Rakyat to oust Datuk Seri Najib Razak will need the support of at least 113 MPs from both Barisan Nasional and the opposition. – The Malaysian Insider pic, September 1, 2015.jib is removed. BN is still the party with the majority," Dr Mahathir had told reporters while attending the Bersih 4 rally over the weekend and repeated his call in a blog posting yesterday.
Saying Najib's continued leadership had created a lot of controversy in the eyes of the international community, Tan said MCA leaders must take stock whether it was appropriate to allow the prime minister to continue leading the country.
Najib, the Umno president, had consistently said he would remain in office as he was elected by the people.
However, Tan said Najib was only elected by Pekan voters, but became prime minister by convention as the post was reserved for Umno, the dominant party in BN.
"He was appointed prime minister because BN has the majority seat in the Dewan Rakyat," he added.
Meanwhile, Kluang MCA division chief Gan Ping Sieu (pic, right) said the constitutional process should take its due course for MPs to perform their duty.
"Najib should be first given the opportunity to go on leave and allow an independent probe to be carried out into the 1MDB and the RM2.6 billion found in his private accounts," he said, referring to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal.
Gan, who is also a lawyer, said the opposition appeared to lay conditions in providing support to remove Najib in the no-confidence vote.
"They are canvassing for a unity government but in actual fact want to see Najib remain in office until the next general election in order to capture Putrajaya.
"To them Najib is now an asset but all MPs must rise above partisan politics as the interests of the people and nation is at stake," he added.
Gan said the people would be able to judge their MPs if a vote on Najib was taken in Parliament.
The are 134 MPs from BN, 87 from the opposition and one independent. At least 113 MPs must support any no-confidence vote to successfully remove Najib. – September 2, 2015.
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