Wee: Politics must not fall into a Malay and non-Malay divide. BN's Tok Mat says it's time to consolidate. weekasiong mohamadhasan bn mca
PETALING JAYA: MCA today decided that it will remain in Barisan Nasional. The decision comes a little over two weeks since the party declared it was prepared to leave the former governing coalition over “racial statements” by an Umno leader.
BN acting chairman Mohamad Hasan has praised MCA’s decision. He said it was time to consolidate rather than split up. It was in MCA’s best interest to remain and help maintain a multiracial BN. Wee said the cooperation between PAS and Umno could not be avoided, and although both MCA and MIC were politically at odds with PAS, it remained vital for the three BN components to retain the the consensus which had long been established.
The decision to stay was made to ensure that Malaysian politics would not be premised upon matters being between Malays and non-Malaysia.On March 4, MCA and MIC had called for an urgent meeting of the coalition’s top leadership to decide on BN’s future, saying MCA leaders no longer believed BN was committed to multiracialism.
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