The party goes on and on...

MICkey, MCA-ah? UMNO-oh-NO! will swing on...because that FAT LAY has not sung, or breathed her lust breath.

Only an ex-UMNO supremo is singing Soprano nowadays -- here comes the entree...as Desi goes toLingam's for his banana leaf. NO MEATS TODIE! To mark PAS' dismissal at Bagan Pinang -- Dr Hassan Ali must stand at that korner in the mosque to do penance! -- I'm vegan for the next 24. Unless you capitalist friend invoites me toNikko's dim heART/sum!:)

OK, the delayed entry from the MI:

Dr M: Tee Keat and Soi Lek should quit
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 — Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad feels that both MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat and his former deputy Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek must take the cue from the outcome of the extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on Saturday and resign.

Dr Mahathir said MCA must choose a neutral candidate to regain the confidence of the grassroots and strengthen the party.

"From a moral aspect, both must relinquish their posts. MCA must pick a leader who is not tainted so that he can gain the support of everyone. Then MCA can be united under one leadership.

"It is clear that both the MCA leaders had lost. So, they must reorganise and look for a new leader. Members of MCA are not happy with their leadership and that is the reason why they rejected both of them," he said when met at a Hari Raya celebration hosted by the Cempaka Umno branch here last night.

Commenting on the newly formed Makkal Sakti Malaysia party that was launched by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak on Saturday, Dr Mahathir said he welcomed the formation of the party.

"I feel the time has come for us to accept this Indian party into Barisan Nasional since MIC's influence has dropped," he said.

He also reiterated his call for MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu to resign.

"I ask Samy Vellu to resign as well. If he resigns, MIC will be given a new lease of life," he said. — Bernama

*************************** UPDATEd @10.43AM:

FROM THE MALAYSIANMIRROR.com, asmall voice of a Chorus gal, bravo!:)

EducationSportsLifestyleYouthFeatures

Why Ong must not step down

Sunday, 11 October 2009 19:42

LETTER I am writing in reference to the extraordinary outcome in the MCA extraordinary general meeting on Saturday. I am shocked that MCA delegates has decided to punish its president Ong Tee Keat and Dr Chua Soi Lek.

I can understand the delegates' rejection of Chua as their deputy president, having been dogged with the video sex scandal. But I cannot fathom why the party snubbed Ong, who is also transport minister.

For once, I though MCA and Barisan Nasional had a decent leader who had what it takes to turn the flagging ruling coalition around in time for the next general election. Ong had burnished his image as a forthright leader who spoke up fearlessly. He had criticised the excessive amount paid for the renovations of two Chinese primary schools in Johor a few years back. Ong had also spoken up on the unfair allocation of places for admission into local public universities.

His forthrightness earned him two reprimands from the Cabinet.

But all these pales in comparison with his efforts to uncover the mess in the country's largest financial scandal - the Port Klang Free Zone fiasco.

It must certainly amount to something for a person who had the guts to open up a can of worms in a project where powerful politicians have vested interest in. In other words, Ong has been trying to move away from the pre-March 8 way of doing things and this would help BN regain lost ground in time for the next general election.

According to a survey by the Merdeka Centre conducted between Sept 29 to Oct 4, the PKFZ scandal is one issue most people (25 per cent) think BN can showcase its seriousness to combat graft. It's perplexing why his own delegates can reject him on an issue most Malaysians think Ong has struck the right chord.

In any case, Ong was defeated in the EGM by a mere 14 votes - a swing of eight votes and the outcome would be otherwise.

Whatever it is, democratic processes have taken place in the MCA and must be respected.

Be that as it may, the delegates' voice is not supreme. If it were, the MIC would have changed its president long ago and Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak would not have launched the new Indian party, Makkal Sakthi on Saturday. Ong may have lost the no-confidence motion by a waffle-thin majority, but in the court of public opinion, he's still on top.

Based on the same Merdeka Centre report, 25 per cent of the respondents feel that Ong should continue leading the MCA. He is the only leader who garnered a double-digit percentile score. The people think highy of him for the brave man that he is.

At a time when BN and MCA are at its lowest ebb, a man of honour and integrity has stood out among the rest. Ong is someone Malaysians of all races can relate to, chiefly, but not entirely due to his efforts in uncovering PKFZ.

For the sake of Malaysians, Tee Keat, please don't go.

For the sake of BN, please do not let this man go.

Susan Long Chi Huey,
Kampar