EXCO in Perak

Ever since the BN government forms its EXCO, I have been receiving a lot of calls and SMS complaining about the composition of EXCO in Perak.

MCA is not given its correct representation in the state government. There are 6 elected ADUN appointed as EXCO. Since there is only 1 MCA ADUN, he was appointed to the EXCO.

However, the state government appointed 4 advisors with the status of an EXCO and this is the part that has given rise to dissatisfaction about power sharing at the state level.

Of the 4 appointed members, 2 come from UMNO, 1 from MIC and 1 from Gerakan. In other words, the state EXCO is made out of 7 UMNO members, 1 Gerakan, 1 MIC and 1 MCA.

No MCA members were appointed as advisor with rank of an EXCO.

Before the 308 General Election, MCA had 2 EXCOs, there was 1 from Gerakan and 1 from MIC.

To add insult to injury, the Gerakan ‘advisor’ was to be in charge of Chinese affairs. MCA is a solely Chinese based political party. Gerakan claims itself to be multiracial political party, then why is Gerakan representing the Chinese?

So, on these counts, Chinese affairs should be given to MCA. There should be an appointment of MCA advisor. There is over representation of UMNO in the EXCO composition.

People will compare the composition of EXCO plus the advisor against the line up of the previous PR government.

I wonder the new MB has ever discussed with its component party before the appointment of advisors or is it a question of after appointment, then only inform.

Hence, today, there is the unacceptable power sharing at the state level. I am sure that this will be fully exploited by PR in the next by-election.

On a personal level, I will raise this up in the coming MCA Central Committee meeting on Sunday that the composition in EXCO is unacceptable to MCA and that the one in charge of Chinese affairs should be MCA.

Meanwhile, I’m given to understand that there is an intense lobbying from the both political divide to be the candidate in Bukit Gantang.

Often the choice of candidate does influence voter’s choice. Local candidate usually does better than parachute candidate, unless the parachute candidate is a national leader and a well-known personality.

Let’s hope when the new candidate is chosen, there will be no interruption from UMNO members that will jeopardize the chances of winning in election.

There is no safe seat to BN and PR. Both parties need to slog it out to achieve victory.

霹雳国阵州政府阵容公布后，许多人致电或通过手机短讯，向我表达对霹雳州行政议员结构不均的不满。

他们认为，有关委任未能适当反映马华的代表性。在新的州内阁，共有6名州议员受委为行政议员，包括马华在霹雳唯一的州议员。

州政府也同时委任4名享有行政议员地位的大臣顾问。而这正是掀起不满州领导层职权分配的导因。

在308普选前，霹雳州马华有两位州行政议员，民政党和国大党各有一位。如今，4位大臣顾问中有两位来自巫统，印度国大党和民政党各一位。换言之，目前霹雳州行政议员的结构是巫统7人，民政、马华和国大党各仅1人。

更甚的是，新的阵容未有马华代表受委为大臣顾问。反之，民政党的“大臣顾问”却受委负责州内华人事务。自称多元种族政党的民政，何以能代表整个华社？

马华作为纯华基政党，应该被委顾问一职并掌管霹雳州华人事务。巫统行政议员人数则未免过多了。

人民必会把新任政府的行政议员结构，与民联政府的阵容结构作比较。

我想知道，新任州务大臣事先是否曾与其他成员党讨论委任事宜，还是在事后才发出通知。

目前，霹雳州政府的职权分配并不能被所有人接受。我也相信，民联必会利用此课题，在下一场补选大做文章。

我个人将会在周日召开的马华中委会中表达我的看法。我也将提出，霹雳州华人事务应由马华掌管。

与此同时，我也了解到各政党皆对武吉干当州议席虎视耽耽，使尽全力争当候选人。
候选人将影响选民票向。一般而言，本地姜比天兵更能取胜，除非这名天兵是国家级领袖，声明显赫并受人欢迎。

希望补选候选人敲定以后，巫统党员不会进行干预，以免打击国阵的胜算。

国阵或民联，都没有所谓的安全区。在即将举行的两场补选，双方都得全力以赴，顽抗取胜。