ULTIMATE INSULT FOR MCA! DON’T TALK MUCH OR YOU MIGHT END UP ‘SEATLESS’ – BULLY UMNO USES ITS MIGHT TO SQUASH MCA
Umno supreme council member Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz said he would rather Umno be a ‘jaguh kampung’ (village hero) than become like MCA, which has only a handful of seats in Parliament.
MCA may not even have won its seven parliamentary seats if not for the ‘jaguh kampung’, said Nazri, and suggested that the Chinese-based party quit BN to prove it could win without Umno.
He said this in reference to MCA central committee member Ti Lian Ker’s call for Umno to abandon ‘jaguh kampung’ politics.
Ti had said such politics came at the expense of urban support and other BN partners.
“Tell him, don’t talk big if his party only has seven seats. The fact that his party could even get seven seats was due to the support of this ‘jaguh Melayu’ (Malay champion) – Umno,” Nazri told Malaysiakini.
“All those who supported them (MCA) were ‘jaguh kampung’. To me, it’s better to be a ‘jaguh kampung’ with 88 seats than be like MCA.
“They don’t even have a ‘kampung’ nor can they be ‘jaguh bandar’ (urban hero) as the Chinese do not support them.”
Nazri, who is also Tourism Minister, said he welcomed any attempts by MCA to put its strength to the test outside BN.
“I advise him, if he thinks MCA is so strong, quit BN and contest alone for us to see. Don’t talk big.
“Quit BN and after winning many Chinese seats, then come back and see us. If not, don’t talk much and just keep quiet,” he said.
He added that Umno and MCA can sit at the negotiation table if the latter can win at least 40 seats.
Nazri also said Ti should not be making such statements as he came from a “small party”.
He added that Umno not only won in rural areas, but also in urban seats such as Johor Baru, Titiwangsa and Setiawangsa.
“There is nothing to be learnt from Ti’s statement.
“We Umno are terer (terror, awesome) and strong. Even if we are bongkak (arrogant), we can still win.
“It is this ‘jaguh kampung’ that is this party that won the most seats in Parliament, that is why we can talk big,” he said.
Ti yesterday urged Umno to employ a change in strategy and prioritise BN’s survival and not just its own.
“If BN is merely a ‘jaguh kampung’ and loses in the urban areas, this is enough to show that BN has failed to be in sync with or align the party with changes in the attitudes of the Malay, Chinese, Indian and so on in the cosmopolitan areas.
“This failure is BN’s failure, not that of the component parties chosen to contest under BN’s ticket,” he had said.
– M’kini
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