Clever Voter: MCA president Liow Tiong Lai’s defeatist attitudes sum up the description of his party.

Successive leaders have either embroiled in internal power struggle or are silent witnesses to the rapid decline of the country’s economic and social standing. The party offers nothing new except scandals after scandals. The last one was PKFZ (Port Klang Free Zone).

When Liow expressed fears of extremism, he implied that Umno is indispensable. Nothing lasts forever, Liow.

Guna Otak: Liow, the definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

You should prove to the people of Malaysia first (not just the Chinese) that MCA has delivered results before you ask for their support. By results, I mean speaking up and taking action on corruption scandals, suspicious deaths, misuse of power, election gerrymandering, etc.

Do all these before you ask for votes. So far, there is no indication that MCA is capable of anything of value. I can only see MCA whining on some missing allocation money for Chinese education.

Bystander: Liow, I take your remark as a threat when you said Umno would not concede defeat even if it loses the GE14. Are you implying that Umno will create chaos to destabilise the country to continue to hold onto power?

What has MCA done when the Chinese and the non-Malays were your strongest supporters up to the late 90s? What makes you think you could do something now if you have more seats?

CQ Muar: Liow, you seriously need to have your brain scanned. How could you come up with such a naive and foolish suggestion to the Chinese, claiming this will augur well for them?

What makes you think you’d fare better with the majority of Chinese voters returning MCA to “power” so that you can prevent Umno from practising racial politics?

Now that your allegedly corrupted boss is working hand in glove with PAS leader Abdul Hadi Awang, you ought to consider quitting BN and join force with Harapan/Bersatu, which is a more sensible proposition.

Support MCA so that you idiots can enrich yourselves further? After almost 60 years, enough is enough. Liow, vote for change – that’s the only way to end Umno supremacy and kleptocracy.

Roger 5201: Yes, it is not like MCA did not have a chance to exercise its so-called voice of moderation when it is the second most powerful party in government for five decades.

It is precisely MCA’s “agree to disagree behind closed doors” policy that has led to the prevalence of bigotry, race politics and its own pathetic decline into irrelevance.

What good is a “moderate MCA” that sees nothing, hears nothing and says nothing?

Fairnsquare: The Malays form 70 percent of the population and will be the majority, anyway you look at it. MCA has failed to get Umno’s support. Umno is not working with its BN components; it is dictating to them.

The coalition has failed since mutual respect seems to have wilted and died. It should about all people of the various races living and working together. It is only Umno Malays who are propagating the ‘ketuanan’ mentality.

We need to correct this and it will not be a case of voting for the opposition, but rather voting against Umno and BN.

Politician: “Liow fears Umno and PAS may cooperate and the country would end up practising racial politics.”

If he fears this will happen, just dump BN and join Pakatan Harapan to get rid of BN. Get all the other component parties to go with you.

With the opposition coalition, Malaysia will continue to be a Muslim country, Bahasa Malaysia the national language and last but not least, our monarchy system will remain. With PAS and BN leading the country, your fears will come true.

Sumazita: The recent attacks by Bersatu leaders Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Muhyiddin Yassin on China investments are a big turn-off for many Chinese who are of the opinion that in light of the current global economic situation, if you drive away China investments then who else will come and invest?

It seems that DAP, their Malay branch Amanah and PKR will be big losers in GE14 – partly due to their partnership with Bersatu.

Wira: Talking about FDIs (foreign direct investments). There is always that comparison between Singapore and Malaysia. Corruption in Singapore is 90 percent in the private sector and 10 percent in the public sector. The prosecutor’s office there has a greater than 95 percent successful prosecution rate.

Any discussion or discourse on corruption in this part of the world will invariably shifts to 1MDB. Do you think FDIs from US and the West will still come to Malaysia?

Ah-Hah: Liow, you say, “Harapan is… only a marriage of convenience.” But is the BN coalition a solid marriage of mutually committed and devoted partners?

It would seem to many that Umno, the leading partner, is the “husband” in some sense, and is rather keen on wooing a new “wife” – a “wife” that is the epitome of extremism these days.

And not only have many senior Umno leaders been deriding the puny roles of MCA, and other junior BN members, even its president, Najib Abdul Razak, has not been exactly faithful.

Is MCA now caught between a rock and a hard place? Admit the lousy deal it is getting at the hands of Umno and divorce BN, only to suffer the derision of the opposition parties and supporters?

Or stay in BN, spout more empty propaganda and continue to burn inside at the increasingly untenable position it is in, just because there is no good alternative?

Mosquitobrain: Liow, all my family members and relatives have made up their mind to support Pakatan Harapan and Bersatu in GE14. We’re least bothered by what you’ve called “extremism”.

We’re more concerned about how the ruling regime goes on a rampage over the nation’s wealth and taxpayers’ money. Did you or MCA ever squeak a word on the massive and rampant corruption happening before your eyes?

Did you or MCA ever talk about 1MDB, the RM2.6 billion in ‘donation’ and SRC’s RM42 million to the Chinese community?

No Fool: Please let us know your view on US$681 million stolen from 1MDB and RM42 from SRC transferred to MO1’s personal bank account before you ask Chinese Malaysians to support you and accept the rampant corruption, abuse of power and injustice practised by the BN government.

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