“We also unanimously agree that by ensuring a new political positioning, MCA will be able to speak up for the Chinese community and all the rakyat.
“This decision marks an important milestone in MCA’s reform efforts,” state MCA secretary Chew Kok Woh said in a statement today.
MCA president Liow Tiong Lai had said the party would abandon the BN logo in favour of MCA’s blue-and-yellow “star” logo, pointing out that it was part of internal reforms following the party’s dismal performance in the previous election.
Liow said the party had heard the voices of the people and that the logo change was part of many reforms to take place over time.
Chew said Sabah MCA agreed that with a new political positioning, the party would be able to ditch the old baggage of being a ruling component party and play the role of a constructive opposition party.
“In the near future, MCA’s focus will be to ensure a new political direction and positioning, committing to a complete reform with determination.
“Sabah MCA has full confidence in the party central committee and believes the party will able to rejuvenate and re-emerge as a new significant force of politics in Malaysia,” he said.
MCA alongside Umno and MIC are the three parties which now make up the BN, after several component parties left the coalition in the wake of its defeat in the May polls.
The Chinese-majority Balakong state seat, under the Bangi federal constituency, fell vacant after the death of DAP assemblyman Eddie Ng Tien Chee in a road accident on July 20.