Naib Presiden MCA Wee Jeck Seng berkata partinya mengalu-alukan sokongan semua rakyat Malaysia, termasuk pengundi yang menyokong DAP. (Gambar Bernama)PETALING JAYA: DAP perlu bermuhasabah dan menilai mengapa parti itu masih gagal meraih sokongan pengundi Melayu, kata Naib Presiden MCA Wee Jeck Seng.Wee mendakwa masyarakat Melayu menyokong MCA kerana menghormati serta mengiktiraf sumbangan parti itu.Beliau berkata DAP dilihat terlalu memberi tumpuan menyerang MCA, sedangkan parti komponen Pakatan Harapan itu sepatutnya bertanya mengapa ia terus ditolak oleh sebahagian besar pengundi Melayu.“MCA boleh meraih sokongan pengundi Melayu, jadi mengapa DAP tidak boleh berbuat demikian?” kata Ahli Parlimen Tanjung Piai itu, menurut Sin Chew.“Jika DAP berkeras mengatakan MCA hanya mendapat sokongan orang Melayu di Johor kerana PAS, maka DAP patut mengisytiharkan secara terbuka bahawa mereka tidak mahu undi penyokong PAS.“Adakah mereka berani berbuat demikian?”Wee turut berkata MCA mengalu-alukan sokongan semua rakyat Malaysia, termasuk undi daripada penyokong DAP.Pada PRN Johor awal bulan ini, MCA memenangi lapan kerusi DUN, manakala DAP mengalami kekalahan besar dan hanya memperoleh enam kerusi.MCA, yang merupakan parti komponen Barisan Nasional (BN), bertanding di tujuh kerusi pada PRN Negeri Sembilan.Menerusi kerjasama pilihan raya, BN bertanding di 25 kerusi, manakala Perikatan Nasional (PN) yang diterajui PAS bertanding di baki 11 kerusi.Wee meramalkan BN akan memenangi PRN Negeri Sembilan dan berkata MCA perlu melakukan segala yang termampu untuk memastikan masyarakat Cina mempunyai wakil dalam kerajaan negeri.“Jika BN mentadbir Negeri Sembilan tetapi MCA gagal memenangi sebarang kerusi, kerajaan negeri tidak akan mempunyai wakil masyarakat Cina.“Walaupun DAP memenangi kerusi, mereka hanya akan menjadi pembangkang,” kata Ahli Parlimen empat penggal itu.MCA kali terakhir memenangi kerusi DUN di Negeri Sembilan pada 2008, sebelum DAP mengukuhkan penguasaannya di beberapa kerusi bandar dan campuran. MCA vice-president Wee Jeck Seng said his party seeks the support of all Malaysians, and that votes from DAP supporters are also welcomed.
(Bernama pic)PETALING JAYA: DAP should reflect on why it has failed to garner the support of Malay voters, says MCA vice-president Wee Jeck Seng, who claims the community backs his party out of respect and recognition of its contributions.Wee said DAP appeared fixated on attacking MCA when the Pakatan Harapan component should instead ask itself why it continued to be rejected by most Malay voters."MCA can win the support of Malay voters, so why can't DAP do the same?" the Tanjung Piai MP said, according to Sin Chew."If DAP insists that MCA only received Malay support in Johor because of PAS, then DAP should publicly declare that it does not want votes from PAS supporters... would they dare to do that?"Wee also said MCA sought the support of all Malaysians, and that votes from DAP supporters are also welcomed.In the Johor state election earlier this month, MCA won eight seats in the legislative assembly while DAP suffered major losses and secured only six seats.MCA, a Barisan Nasional (BN) component, is contesting seven seats in the Negeri Sembilan polls. Under an electoral cooperation, BN is contesting 25 seats while PAS-led Perikatan Nasional vies for the remaining 11.Predicting a BN win in Negeri Sembilan, Wee said MCA must do everything it can to ensure Chinese representation in the state government."If BN governs Negeri Sembilan but MCA fails to make a breakthrough, there will be no Chinese representative in the state government."Even if DAP wins seats, it will only serve as the opposition," the four-term MP said.MCA last won a state seat in Negeri Sembilan in 2008, as DAP expanded its grip on multiple urban and mixed seats.
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