The MCA's election machinery for the Bagan Pinang by-election on Oct 11 will not be affected by the decisions made at the party's extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on Oct 10.

MCA Youth chief Dr Wee Ka Siong, said party leaders will be busy campaigning in Bagan Pinang and will continue to do so after voting at the EGM.

The EGM is being held after the sacking of Dr Chua Soi Lek by the party's presidential council on Aug 26 for smearing the party's image following the sex video scandal but the sacking was overturned by the party's central committee which then suspended his membership for four years.

To go back and campaign

MCA president Ong Tee Keat has received all five resolutions proposed by Chua’s camp for the EGM, including a resolution to have a vote of confidence on Ong and reinstate Chua to his position.

"We (MCA central delegates) will vote in the EGM on Oct 10. After that the party's top leaders will continue campaigning in Bagan Pinang," Wee told reporters after officiating the closing ceremony for the Malaysia- Australia Education Project for Afghanistan (MAEPA) here today.

Wee said Barisan Nasional (BN)'s other members "need not worry, we will be ready anytime in di Bagan Pinang."

He is confident tha MCA's campaign will draw the support of Chinese voters for the BN. Chinese voters make up 10.96 per cent or 1,498 of the voters who number 13,664 in the state constituency.

- Bernama