KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 (Bernama) -- Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin wants the MCA leadership to set a period of calmness so that an immediate solution could be found to end the internal crisis following the existence of two deputy presidents in the party.
The Deputy Prime Minister said the Barisan Nasional (BN) would not interfere in the party problems because it was confident that it could be resolved through consensus among the leaders at all levels in the MCA.
"It will be better for Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat, Datuk Seri Chua Soi Lek, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, the top leaders including MCA Youth and Wanita heads to sit down together and discuss, and there must be a period of calmness to avoid chaos, so that there will be no dissatisfaction. I believe there is a solution to it," he told reporters, here on Wednesday.
Yesterday, the MCA Central Committee (CC) meeting accepted the decision of the Registrar of Societies (ROS) that Dr Chua remained as the deputy president of the party which automatically placed Liow back as vice-president of the party after he was appointed by the CC as the deputy president when Dr Chua was removed from the post previously following disciplinary action taken against him.
Liow, who was not happy with the decision and planned to challenge the decision of the ROS, was reported as saying that he would take the matter to court.
Muhyiddin said the ROS decision was made based on the provisions of the MCA constitution, and if there were people who were dissatisfied, they had the right to take action.
"If there is any conflict, the people do not go to court, they ask the ROS (to determine). Many other parties do it too, so the ROS studies it from the aspect of the constitution, not from the legal aspects.
"If Liow does not agree, he too has an avenue to take the matter to other parties to determine whether the decision is right or wrong," he said.
The ROS had announced that Dr Chua remained as the deputy president because the decision of the MCA extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on Oct 10 did not meet the requirement of two-thirds majority for his removal as provided for under Article 35 of the MCA Constitution.
The Deputy Prime Minister said the Barisan Nasional (BN) would not interfere in the party problems because it was confident that it could be resolved through consensus among the leaders at all levels in the MCA.
"It will be better for Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat, Datuk Seri Chua Soi Lek, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, the top leaders including MCA Youth and Wanita heads to sit down together and discuss, and there must be a period of calmness to avoid chaos, so that there will be no dissatisfaction. I believe there is a solution to it," he told reporters, here on Wednesday.
Yesterday, the MCA Central Committee (CC) meeting accepted the decision of the Registrar of Societies (ROS) that Dr Chua remained as the deputy president of the party which automatically placed Liow back as vice-president of the party after he was appointed by the CC as the deputy president when Dr Chua was removed from the post previously following disciplinary action taken against him.
Liow, who was not happy with the decision and planned to challenge the decision of the ROS, was reported as saying that he would take the matter to court.
Muhyiddin said the ROS decision was made based on the provisions of the MCA constitution, and if there were people who were dissatisfied, they had the right to take action.
"If there is any conflict, the people do not go to court, they ask the ROS (to determine). Many other parties do it too, so the ROS studies it from the aspect of the constitution, not from the legal aspects.
"If Liow does not agree, he too has an avenue to take the matter to other parties to determine whether the decision is right or wrong," he said.
The ROS had announced that Dr Chua remained as the deputy president because the decision of the MCA extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on Oct 10 did not meet the requirement of two-thirds majority for his removal as provided for under Article 35 of the MCA Constitution.
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