Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Back to Relevance

I quote from the Sun newspaper

"The Transport Minister retaliated in his blog by criticising the many "irrelevant" (MCA) politicians who have exploited the image by speaking up even "better" than the Opposition.

He also asked politicians who are trying to make a comeback: "Are they criticising policies they used to support when they were in power?"

Jui Meng has been vocal in the final leg of his nationwide campaign trail, telling members the need to put an end to the New Economic Police (NEP) which he described as "outdated" and "outlived it's usefulness"."

This is a very important difference between the style and substance of Dato' Chua and the style and (for the want of a better word) 'substance' of Datuk Ong.

Dato' Chua has a long track record of speaking out against the NEP. His speech in parliament in 1988 is one perfect example of this. How can Ong say that Dato' Chua did not criticise but rather support the NEP? Get your facts right my friend. Go back to the parliamentary Hansard and read the transcript of that speech. The speech is in Malay and should be easily understandable.

Also, Datuk Ong - it is 'relevant' politicians like you that has pushed the MCA into the 'irrelevance' it is today. For me, I rather have 'irrelevant' politicians that speak out on issues that matter leading a resurgent MCA - Back to Relevance!

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