Rebuild the Party, Where Are Our Members?

Where Are Our Members?
MCA is increasingly becoming a hollow shell. Though we claim to have some 1.3 million members, however, during the General Election only a small fraction comes out to campaign on our behalf. This is because most branches don’t know who or where their members are.

I ask every Division leadership, “How many MCA members can you call up to help the Division during the General Elections?” If the answer is 200, I would say that you are doing very well. However this means that we can only expect a maximum of some 40,000 members nationwide to come forward to help MCA and the BN candidates.

We need to undertake a nationwide campaign involving MCA Headquarters, State Liaison Committees, Divisions and Branches to locate all our members, and update and consolidate our membership database.

The Branch Leaders need to actively interact with these members to inform and explain to them the new vision and direction of the Party, so that they feel included and motivated to support MCA’s vision.

When we can locate and educate our members, we will then become a force to be reckoned with and this will ensure victory for our candidates in the next General Elections.

If we can identify and educate 400,000 members, then MCA will become a powerful political force and at every General Election we will be able to call on average 2,000 members in every Parliamentary constituency to help BN’s candidates.

巩固我党会员人数
马华日益变成空壳。尽管我们号称有130万名党员，不过，在大选期间，只有少部分的人替我们展开竞选宣传。这是因为大部分支会不知道谁是党员，或是党员住在那里。

我们必须展开一项涉及总部、州联委会、区会及支会的全国性运动，以找出所有党员，以巩固党员资料库。

支会领袖必须积极与党员互动，通知党员及向他们解释党的新宏愿及方针，以便他们具有归宿感，积极支持马华实现宏愿。

我在此问每一个区会领导层，“在大选时，区会可以动员多少位党员来帮忙？”如果答案是 200位，我会说你们“做得很好”。因为那意味着，我们可以预期全国会有大约4万名党员前来协助马华候选人及国阵候选人。

这样一来，我们将是一般不容忽视的力量，这将确保胜利。