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MCA Gets Chua Soi Lek As New Head, Can He Regain MCA’s Relevancy?
Mar 28th
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) gets a new leader today. Results are in as below:
MCA 28/03/2010 Re-Election Results
| Position | Name | Votes | |
| Presidency: | Dr Chua Soi Lek | - | 901 votes (Winner) |
| Ong Ka Ting | - | 833 votes | |
| Ong Tee Keat | 578 votes | ||
| Deputy Presidency: | Liow Tiong Lai | - | 1,171 votes (Winner) |
| Kong Cho Ha | - | 1,106 votes | |
| Four Vice Presidents: | Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen | - | 1,528 votes |
| Datuk Donald Lim | - | 1,469 votes | |
| Datuk Chor Chee Heung | - | 1,202 votes | |
| Gan Ping Sieu | - | 1,202 votes |
It’s amazing, considering the sex scandal that has plague Dr Chua’s political career 2 years ago, he still manage to come out as the winner for the head of the party. This might just be a first in this region. In most cases, politicians which had been hit hard by sex scandal would mostly be criticised for their ‘ill’ behaviour and be cast aside. It seems that the stigma of sex scandal no longer have its effect on the political culture in Malaysia. Or is this a sign that MCA no longer has the right candidate to lead them after all?
After the long period of fighting, and since the party has decided on who to lead them, I would say MCA should buck up and get down to the citizens. Having re-elections like this does not have much impact on the citizens as of now as the party itself is no longer relevant for us. The people may be there, but the spirit and foundations of principles have all been gone.
