Analysts: Ling will go before PM steps down
Transport Minister and MCA president Dr Ling Liong Sik is likely to prove his critics wrong by relinquishing his ministerial position and presidency of the MCA before the year is out, said two policy analysts.
In separate interviews with malaysiakini today, the two political analysts said although infighting within the MCA is a factor behind Ling's wish to resign both in May 2000 and Aug 2002, two crucial developments are likely to ensure a different outcome this time around.
According to policy analyst Ong Kian Ming, one of these developments is the intensified squabbling among leaders aligned to one of two party factions Team A led by Ling and Team B led by MCA deputy president Lim Ah Lek while another is the resignation of Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad set for October this year.
"I think it would take place within a span of six months to a year, before the general elections ... I feel that the resignation offer is genuine. There has been speculation of this over the past few months," said Ong, who has been a close political observer of MCA.
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