Voiceless MCA pales in comparison with even UMNO Johor

Today’s media reported a highly charged public spat between MCA Deputy President Datuk Wee Ka Siong and MCA Kluang Division Chairman Gan Ping Sieu in which Gan accused MCA central leadership of deafening silence in the face of the RM 2.6 billion scandal involving Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

Wee’s lame response was that Gan was not a member of the Cabinet hence he would not know what were said in the Cabinet.

The deafening silence of Wee and other MCA federal ministers pales in comparison even with UMNO Johor leaders, not to mention leaders of the DAP and other opposition parties.

At least the Menteri Besar of Johor Datuk Seri Khaled Nordin called for transparency in the investigation of the RM2.6 billion donation-gate scandal and raised concerns about the fallout of GST implementation, he did this publicly, in the presence of Najib.

Other UMNO Johor leaders have also spoke up strongly against Najib who is clinging on to his position just by brute power of incumbency while it is becoming increasingly clear that the public is never going to trust him again.

After Najib admitted to have accepted the RM2.6 billion into his private account, his days seemed numbered. The only reason why he is still Malaysia’s Prime Minister is because the pressure on him to resign is not strong enough as yet.

Najib can be forced to resign via the following ways:~

First, the UMNO Supreme Council or key leaders from UMNO give him the ultimatum for a graceful exit. This route is increasingly unlikely as Najib has sacked those who opposed him from inside and placed sufficient number of loyalists to defend him from within the inner circle.

Second, all 46 non-UMNO Barisan Nasional MPs join the opposition MPs to support a no-confidence vote against Najib. Barisan Nasional has 134 federal MPs of whom 88 are from UMNO.

Third, if 20 UMNO MPs and 20 non-UMNO Barisan Nasional MPs join around 75 opposition MPs from DAP, Parti KeADILan Rakyat and Harapan Baru to back a no-confidence vote against Najib. No one is sure about whether the 10 MPs aligned to Dato’ Seri Hadi Awang would give Najib a lifeline or not hence they are not counted.

Fourth, the anti-Najib faction in UMNO senses that the three above scenarios are not going to happen soon hence move to realign the powers in the states of Johor, Terengganu, Kedah and Sabah to isolate Najib and build momentum for Najib’s eventual demise. Johor is particularly ripe for change as the ground is extremely frustrated with Najib.

Fifth, when all the above fails, the last resort of removing Najib would be a people’s power movement.

The deafening silence of Wee Ka Siong and MCA central leadership on the ongoing crisis is a testimony of MCA’s irrelevance in national politics. That MCA leaders can be even less visible than UMNO Johor leaders in demanding Najib to be held accountable for his multiple scandals just shows that MCA has lost its soul forever.