MCA boss: Dimwits in Umno should retire
(Free Malaysia Today) – MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek has one piece of advice for Umno leaders who are not the brightest of bulbs – retire.
The Barisan Nasional leader made the stinging remark when asked to comment on Titiwangsa Umno division chief Johari Abdul Ghani’s speech that Umno did not need Indian or Chinese votes.
A video of the speech had appeared on YouTube, but Chua told reporters in Gua Musang that it was unlikely to have an impact on Chinese voters come the Nov 4 Galas by-election.
The MCA president also stressed that such views did not reflect the Umno leadership’s stand as illustrated by its president, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s 1Malaysia concept.
“The prime minister promotes policies for every ethnic group,” he said, adding that MCA would propose to Umno not to field members with such chauvinistic views as election candidates.
“This (video clip) tells us that there are some Umno grassroots leaders who are not politically savvy. They are not very smart.
“They should not come out (in public). We will pursue this. They should not represent BN and should retire and go home,” he said.
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In his speech, Johari had said that Umno could retain the Titiwangsa parliamentary seat if it could rope in 70% of Malay votes in the consituency.
If this is achieved, he added, there was no need for Chinese or Indian votes.
