Najib (second right) will unveil a new peace plan for MCA when he returns tomorrow. — file pic
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak will reveal a new peace plan for the crisis-ridden MCA upon his return from abroad, his deputy has said today.
Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who met MCA leaders last night, said the new peace plan will help the Chinese party out of the leadership crisis.
The prime minister is currently attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2009 in Port of Spain and is scheduled to return tomorrow.
“I will brief him on the outcome and I saw there was a strong commitment from almost all the (MCA) leaders that I met to resolve the political crisis,” Muhyiddin told a press conference here.
“I made some proposals and almost everything was accepted, but whatever it is, the final decision will be announced after the prime minister has studied the plan,” he added.
Last night senior MCA leaders met Muhyiddin for almost three hours at his private residence to draw up a new peace plan.
Present were MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek, secretary-general Datuk Wong Foon Meng, and all four vice-presidents Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha, Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen, Tan Kok Hong and Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.
MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat did not attend the meeting as he was unwell.
Last week, Muhyiddin was tasked by prime minister to find a solution to the MCA crisis.
Muhyiddin had said that he would make, finding a solution to the MCA crisis, part of his key performance index (KPI) and hoped that he could find a solution to resolve the crisis by the end of this month.
The MCA crisis has become a major concern for the Barisan Nasional (BN) leadership as it fears the problem could jeopardise Chinese support for the ruling coalition.
MCA plunged deeper into a leadership crisis after the Oct 10 extraordinary general meeting (EGM) which later saw it split into two major factions — one headed by Ong and the other led by Liow — after Ong and Dr Chua reconciled.
The situation worsened after Ong sacked Wanita chief Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun and Youth chief Datuk Wee Ka Siong from the presidential council.
Liow’s faction, at a gathering last Saturday, had passed the declaration, called “Declaration 1128”, pushing for the party leadership to hold a fresh election at the central committee level within 60 days.
The declaration was dismissed by Ong, who argued that it needs to be supported by the majority of the central committee members.
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