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MCA leaders walk out of BN’s Melaka election candidate event
MCA leaders walked out of a Barisan Nasional candidate event in Melaka on Oct 24.
MCA president Wee Ka Siong said the party was not consulted about seats it had contested before being assigned elsewhere.
MCA is a component party of Barisan Nasional, a political coalition in Malaysia.
Wee said MCA had objected to the proposed allocations and formally wrote to the coalition on Oct 23.
He said the walkout was meant to show the party would not accept decisions made on its behalf without agreement, rather than to boycott the event.
MCA has not decided whether it will contest in Melaka, and will assess developments over the next two to three days.
Wee called on Barisan Nasional’s central leadership to resolve the dispute before nomination day.
MCA leaders walked out of Barisan Nasional’s candidate-announcement event for the upcoming Melaka state election.
MCA president Wee Ka Siong said the party would not accept seat-allocation decisions made without its consent.
MCA said seats it had previously contested were allocated to other parties without proper consultation.
The walkout followed a candidate-announcement segment, which MCA leaders said they had not expected.
Wee said MCA had not decided whether to withdraw from contesting in Melaka and would assess developments over the next two to three days.
- Who
- MCA president Wee Ka Siong, deputy president Mah Hang Soon and leaders from six MCA divisions in Melaka.
- What
- They walked out of BN’s candidate-naming event, objecting to seat allocations made without MCA’s consent.
- When
- Oct 24. The Melaka state election is upcoming.
- Where
- Melaka International Trade Centre, Melaka, Malaysia.
- Why
- MCA said seats it had previously contested were allocated to other parties without proper consultation.
MCA
BN leadership
Seat allocation
MCA
MCA said seats it had previously contested were allocated to other parties without proper consultation or its consent.
BN leadership
BN’s proposed allocation assigned those seats to other parties; the article does not report BN’s response or reasoning.
BN’s executive secretary told MCA that the event would involve launching the election machinery and no candidates would be announced.
MCA wrote to BN to formally express disagreement with the proposed seat allocation.
MCA’s central political bureau decided the party should attend the evening event as a BN component party.
MCA leaders walked out after the event included a candidate-announcement segment.
- Event venue
- Melaka International Trade Centre
- MCA leaders at walkout
- Wee Ka Siong, Mah Hang Soon and leaders from six MCA divisions
- Previous election
- In 2021, MCA contested seven seats and won Machap Jaya and Klebang
- Assessment period
- Wee said MCA would assess developments over the next two to three days
What people are saying
MCA cannot be pushed around. How can decisions be made on MCA’s behalf without our agreement when the MCA president is still here?
We are allies, not enemies. If there had been proper discussions and we had reached a decision together, we would have been prepared to share responsibility for it.
Even if you want to make new friends, you should at least discuss the matter with your old friends and long-standing allies who have stood by you for decades
We still have time before nomination day, and I hope this can be corrected.