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Wednesday, 09 April 2008 07:54am |
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©The
Star (Used by permission)
PETALING JAYA: The time is right for all 14 component parties of Barisan
Nasional to be merged, Gerakan Youth chief Datuk Mah Siew Kong said.
He welcomed the Merdeka Centre survey which revealed that two-thirds of
Malaysians want one Barisan multi-racial party.
“Gerakan Youth proposed at its national delegates conference last year that the
14 component parties should be merged, but it was rejected by many component
party leaders who said that it was not the right time to do so.
“I urge Barisan chairman Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and all component
party leaders to study and consider our proposal,” he said in a statement
yesterday.
Mah called on his Barisan comrades to make the merger move immediately because
the general election results proved the need for a single multi-racial Barisan.
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As a matter of principle, if BN fails to merge its component parties to form a single party, then Gerakan should quit.
Otherwise, it is meaningless for Gerakan to hang on...
Ding Chu Teck