KUALA LUMPUR: Discussions on seat allocations between Barisan Nasional’s component parties for the 15th General Election (GE15) is still ongoing, says MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong.
The Barisan vice-chairman said one of the agendas in the coalition's supreme council meeting on Monday night was the upcoming GE15.“Typically, when political parties meet, of course the discussions will involve politics.“When the time comes, we will finalise it. But there are no issues with it so far,” said Dr Wee to reporters when met after the meeting which was held at Umno’s headquarters in Menara Dato Onn here.
“This is for the ‘Top 5’ to decide. For us, we are ever-ready if the elections were to be called,” said the MCA president. The “Top 5” refers to Umno’s top five leaders - president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan and vice-presidents Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid and Datuk Seri Khaled Nordin.All the main leaders of the four parties were present at the meeting, including Ahmad Zahid, Ismail Sabri, MIC president Tan Sri SA Vigneswaran and PBRS deputy president Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup.
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