Barisan Nasional (BN) or National Front is a political coalition led by Umno (United Malays National Organisation), with its other members comprising MCA (Malaysian Chinese Association) and MIC (Malaysian Indian Congress). BN used to have 13 component parties and ruled Malaysia for 61 years before the coalition lost the general election on 9 May 2018 last year. A slew of component parties left BN in the aftermath of the general election and BN has since been reduced to its original 3 component parties.
MCA can be seen as the most embarrassing component party in BN now. It's president, Wee Ka Siong, has to appeal to Umno to not call for official BN coalition meeting because he is not able to face the MCA members who have passed a resolution to dissolve BN. BN's acting chairman, Mat Hasan confirmed on 7 February 2019 the reluctance to call for BN coalition meeting because of MCA. In fact, MCA members wanted the party to pull out of BN, but its president compromised with them for a resolution to call for the dissolution of BN in MCA's annual general meeting last year.
Dissolution of BN will not happen as Umno, being the largest and the most dominant party within BN, has no reason to dissolve it. MCA is really just a 'mosquito party' in BN. It is believed that Wee wishes to cling on to BN for financial benefits or perhaps Wee, in his weak characteristics, does not know how to lead a 'life' without the help of Umno. He won the parliamentary seat of Ayer Hitam, Johor in the 2018 general election because of the votes of Umno supporters.
It is utmost humiliating for MCA to have a president that his political survival is dependant on the support of another party. It is unsurprising that Wee and MCA are subservient to Umno and its leaders. In Wee's usual weak and somewhat sleazy style, he is however willing to meet Umno leaders and work together but not to have the official coalition meeting. How low does Wee have to stoop and how low will MCA go just to support this weak and dishonourable president?
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| MIC' president, Vigneswaran; MCA's president Wee; Umno's acting president Mat Hasan |
The above photo shows that Wee is celebrating Chinese New Year (lunar calendar) with Mat Hasan and Vigneswaran. This author however can not explain why Wee and Vigneswaran are wearing the same or similar type of wrist watches. Perhaps these are BN coalition's wrist watches.
