MCA says lost confidence in BN chairman Zahid’s leadership, tells him to resign
KUALA LUMPUR: MCA yesterday said that it has lost confidence in the leadership of Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and urged the latter to resign, after leading the party into the coalition’s worst election performance in history.
In a statement, MCA secretary-general Datuk Chong Sin Woon expressed the party’s disappointment towards Ahmad Zahid for suddenly postponing a BN supreme council meeting scheduled for last night, and warned that no one reserves the right to represent BN in negotiating with other political parties without a mandate from the coalition’s supreme council.
“The MCA is shocked and disappointed by the decision of Barisan Nasional chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to postpone the Barisan Nasional supreme council meeting scheduled for tonight (Nov 20).
“At a time when the country’s political situation is still unstable and uncertain after the recent 15th general election, the need for a supreme council meeting is very urgent to discuss the latest political situation and make Barisan Nasional’s decisions as a bloc.
“The MCA also states its position that it has lost confidence in the leadership of Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi as chairman of Barisan Nasional and he should resign with honour so that a new leader can take over the leadership of Barisan Nasional to determine the direction of the party.
“At the same time, MCA is of the opinion that the Barisan Nasional acting chairman should call a supreme council meeting as soon as possible,” Chong added.
Earlier, several Umno bigwigs and an MIC leader had made similar calls to Ahmad Zahid, telling him to resign from his position after leading the party into its worst defeat ever.
Ahmad Zahid, who himself only won the Bagan Datuk parliamentary seat with a razor-thin majority of 348 votes against Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin, had been constantly
pressuring to have the national polls held sooner than the May 2023 deadline, buoyed by BN’s win in the Johor and Melaka state elections. — Malay Mail