Health Minister and MCA Youth chief Datuk Liow Tiong Lai announced Wednesday he would contest one of the four posts of vice-president at the MCA elections on Oct 18.Liow is the third MCA senior leader to announce the post he or she would contest at the party polls.
Over the last two weeks, Deputy Home Minister Datuk Chor Chee Hueng and Federal Territory MCA chairman and former Deputy Home Affairs Minister Datuk Tan Chai Ho announced that they too would contest the vice-presidency.
"I will contest the vice-president's post. This is after visiting and obtaining feedback from members and delegates nationwide. They agreed to support me for vice-president and continue my struggle at the national level.
"After obtaining the support from the grassroots members, I have decided to contest the post. I thank the members for having confidence in me," Liow told reporters before a dinner with Federal Territory MCA members at a restaurant, here.
Asked why he was not going for the post of deputy president or president, Liow said he was, by virtue of being the Youth chief, an appointed vice-president and members felt that he should continue to occupy the seat.
Liow had stated last month that he would relinquish his Youth chief post and go for a higher position in the party.
Apart from the three vice-president aspirants, MCA vice-president and Transport Minister Datuk Ong Tee Keat has also announced that he would contest the party number one post in the coming elections.
Deputy Education Minister and MCA Youth secretary-general Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong and Wanita MCA deputy chief Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun have also announced that they would contest the MCA Youth and Wanita top posts, respectively, at the party polls.
Another leader, Deputy Finance Minister and party central committee member Datuk Kong Cho Ha, is expected to announce his decision to contest a post of vice-president in Ipoh on Thursday.
Meanwhile, former Perlis MCA chairman Datuk Loh Yoon Foo announced that he would contest a post in the party's central committee.
Loh, 61, a former Perlis state executive councillor and four-term state assemblyman for Titi Tinggi, said he was not interested in any higher post.
"My decision to offer myself is to support and help the new leaders to reshape and reinvent the party so that it would be acceptable again to the community," he said in statement to Bernama.
Loh was initially tipped to contest one of the four vice-president posts.
The MCA central committee, the highest decision-making body of the party, offers 25 positions for contest. - Bernama
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