MCA Can Only Blame Itself, What else?

It doesn't really matter now.


Who ever appointed at their respective positions must start to deliver now.


For affairs in the Chinese community, the Chinese should approach Peter Pang of LDP.


For Mazu issues and its progress on the government-sponsored statue in Bak Bak, Kudat; Yee Moh Chai & team must deliver them within a year.


For medical services, Rosnah is the one who should be held responsible and ensure that Sabahan are taken care of as they should after years of neglect.


For infrastructure, Pairin must work hard to catch up where Raymond left off - a legacy of poor roads, drains, unreliable electricity supply, water resources, and controversial coal-fired power plant.


For transportation issues, we have Bakri of UMNO Kudat, a Deputy Minister of Transport, to take care of all the affairs of transportation in Sabah & Sarawak.


For Local Government & Housing at the federal level, we have Lajim working closely with Hajiji, the State Minister of Local Government & Housing.


PBRS President Tan Sri Joseph Kurup who is a Deputy Natural Resources and Environment Minister must now make sure that environment in Sabah is maintained and improved especially on the badly-needed drainage system in the urban areas such as Putatan, Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan, Tawau, Lahad Datu etc.. His role is relevant and gravely important to the Eco-Tourism that sabah banking on for the future generation ahead.


For LDP, its president Datuk Liew Vui Keong, who is now a Deputy Minister in Prime Minister's Department should be able to influence directly any issues concerning Sabah even though he may be just a Deputy Minister.


For Chinese education, perhaps the Chinese community still need Edward Khoo for MCA has a Deputy Education Minister, Datuk Dr. Wee Ka Siong. This is the last frontier of MCA Sabah.


MCA Sabah has gradually losing its luster as being the “main” bridge linking the federal and the state of Sabah. Its power base is no longer as attractive like it used to be before the era of Najib. The sudden emergence of Gerakan in Sabah, with the entry of Raymond Tan to its fold, has put more salt onto MCA’s wound. Its existence has further driving away the dependency of MCA in the state.


The in-fighting between the top leaders may have been the main reason for the outcome of MCA Sabah today as the party may not be enjoying the respect that it enjoyed during the Ong Ka Ting’s rule.


The federal comrades of MCA ministers and Deputy Ministers must bear the blame where a number of local issues were not handled appropriately, notably, the hospital QE, Transportation woes, and the citizenship & IC of Madam Yong in Penampang just eight months ago.

Dato Cho of MCA Kedah, paid dearly the price by losing his party election last October but has been miraculously re-appointed as the Deputy Home Minister in the Najib's cabinet, had not handled the Madam Yong's IC case properly; however, the matter finally was settled by UPKO, a local KadazanDusun party led by Tan Sri Bernard Dompok, who was then a Minister in the Prime Minister Department.


It's really an embarrassing moment for MCA Sabah. The local leaders of MCA were helpless in many local issues, and could only offered lip service instead. Othercriticisms on the local MCA leaders were lackadaisical, passive, less vocal; and changes therefore should be done immediately if MCA Sabah wants to be relevant again.


The morale of MCA Sabah is now at its lowest since 1991.