PENANG, Dec 12 (Bernama) -- MCA vice-president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai has urged the party's Central Committee (CC) members to put the party as their priority, ahead of the fresh polls.
He said many party grassroot leaders had agreed that the quickest way to enable the party to stabilise and solve the party crisis was to have new elections.
He said he was confident that two-thirds of the elected CC members would resign to enable fresh party polls to be held.
"I hope the CC members would put the party as their main priority as their resignation would pave the way for fresh elections which is the only way to solve the party crisis," Liow told reporters after chairing the state MCA meeting in Jalan Pahang here Saturday.
So far, the vice-president said, he and 12 other elected CC members had signed an undated resignation letter, and he hoped others would follow suit.
"We will not put pressure on anyone to do so. I believe they will step down voluntarily for the sake of the party," he said.
However, he said, all 30 CC members had received the resignation letters which were sent yesterday, adding that they needed time to make a decision.
He said the election could only be held if 21 of the 31 elected members in the CC resigned, and they would be given at least two weeks from now to decide whether or not to resign.
"I think within the next 14 days, we will be able to decide on the party's fresh polls," he said.
Under the MCA constitution, a fresh election must be held within 30 days after two-thirds or more of the elected members in the central committee had resigned.
He said many party grassroot leaders had agreed that the quickest way to enable the party to stabilise and solve the party crisis was to have new elections.
He said he was confident that two-thirds of the elected CC members would resign to enable fresh party polls to be held.
"I hope the CC members would put the party as their main priority as their resignation would pave the way for fresh elections which is the only way to solve the party crisis," Liow told reporters after chairing the state MCA meeting in Jalan Pahang here Saturday.
So far, the vice-president said, he and 12 other elected CC members had signed an undated resignation letter, and he hoped others would follow suit.
"We will not put pressure on anyone to do so. I believe they will step down voluntarily for the sake of the party," he said.
However, he said, all 30 CC members had received the resignation letters which were sent yesterday, adding that they needed time to make a decision.
He said the election could only be held if 21 of the 31 elected members in the CC resigned, and they would be given at least two weeks from now to decide whether or not to resign.
"I think within the next 14 days, we will be able to decide on the party's fresh polls," he said.
Under the MCA constitution, a fresh election must be held within 30 days after two-thirds or more of the elected members in the central committee had resigned.
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