Liow: MCA will move ahead despite bad performance during GE13

MCA has decided to tough it out despite its pathetic showing at the recent polls and move ahead together with UMNO, MIC, Gerakan and other Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties in striving for the people.

Its deputy president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said MCA would rise again even though it had failed to retain its parliamentary and state seats in the last general election.

"MCA lost in the general election after falling victim to the DAP's slander through the internet, facebook and blogs, because the young Chinese had been influenced by their internet lies and fabrications.

"We (MCA) have to take note of these and handle them more effectively in order to rise again and be stronger in future," he said.

The Bentong MP said this while speaking at a thanksgiving function here today.

He said MCA must learn from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's fighting spirit.

"He never gave up wanting to serve the people even though he only won with a majority of 241 votes in the 1999 general election," he said.

He said as a result, Najib won with more than 30,000 majority in the recent general election.

On MCA's resolution not to accept any position in the cabinet, he said it would only be detrimental to the party.

"We initially made the resolution as a motivation to party leaders and members to work hard to win more seats but we did not expect the results to be the reverse.

"So we just await the decision of the party after a meeting to be held soon and on behalf of the party I want to express our gratitude to the prime minister who is still willing to provide a place for MCA in the cabinet," he said.