Former MCA President Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting has decided to "make a comeback" while President Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat will "never retreat". We are now waiting for former Deputy President Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek to make his announcement.
There is nothing impossible in politics. And there is nothing that cannot be done in politics, too. It is indeed true for MCA's party crisis.
The show of the party crisis is full of changes. It is just the people who have been watching the show are now getting tired and sleepy. They start to leave but the show continues. Some people refuse to leave the stage, some are trying hard to climb up to the stage while some who have left are planning to make a comeback. The common point is, despite the sparse audience, those who are on the stage are still trying their best to perform.
Even worse, there is no longer an unified script for the show. The performers just act according to their own preferences. They are free to cry, laugh, as well as add lines and actions.
I cannot remember who said before that politics is a non-capital business. But as the business manages public affairs, it does not allow you to stay aloft.
The main characters on the stage are not satisfied with each other. None of them is willing to admit that they are the box office poison who made the last audience leave. None of them is willing to wave goodbye.
| "None of them is willing to wave goodbye." |
Therefore, the wars of words have drown the media. Regardless whether you like it or not, politics is like a ghost who is winding around, sobbing and whispering in your ears.
Therefore, party members and supporters delightedly dance according to the baton. They either enjoy the political fight or are overexcited until they have lost their own selves, as well as the ability to judge.
It can be imagined that the result for such a fight will be like opening a "Pandora's box" in which ugliness will be exposed, hatred will be spread and acrimonious words will be heard. This is perhaps the most confusing and unpredictable party struggle in the MCA history. Also, it may end up as a tragedy.
The so-called tragedy means that there will be irreconcilable conflicts and a very tragic ending. Also, as Lu Xun said, it is going to "destroy valuable things of life in front of human beings."
There is a classic scene for tragedy film: The protagonist, who has suffered a lot of hardships, bursts into tears and kneels on the ground, he then looks into the sky and asks: "Why? Why do you do this tome?"
Would there be a same tragedy for MCA members, who are still ambitious? (By LIM MUN FAH/Translated by SOONG PHUI JEE/Sin Chew Daily)