KUALA LUMPUR – Any decision on the resignation of ministers following the withdrawal of Umno’s support for the government must be made collectively by all Barisan Nasional component parties, said MCA president Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong.
He said MCA has always supported BN, adding that even the decision to join the Perikatan Nasional government last year was done collectively.
“Whatever action that we (BN) take, we must deliberate, discuss.
“I do not want to make any prediction as to what will happen because that will only be speculative.”
He said this when asked if he is ready to quit as transport minister at a date yet to be decided following Umno’s decision to withdraw its support from the government.
A motion to sever political cooperation with Bersatu, which heads the PN government, was unanimously agreed by party delegates at the Umno General Assembly 2020 yesterday.
The assembly also agreed to give a mandate to the Umno’s president and Supreme Council to decide on the timeframe for withdrawing from the PN government.
President Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said Tan Sri Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah’s push for party leaders appointed by the PN government as ministers, deputy ministers and chairmen of government-linked companies to resign was not discussed at the assembly, but will be brought up at the next Supreme Council meeting. – Bernama, March 29, 2021
