Mah to again propose dissolution of BN component parties to form a single party

PETALING JAYA (Oct 9, 2008) : Out-going Gerakan Youth chief Datuk Mah Siew Keong discloses that when he chairs the Youth delegates conference for the last time on Saturday, he will again propose the dissolution of all Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties for the formation of a BN party.

According to a report in Sin Chew Daily

today, he said although the leaders of several BN component parties criticised it as being unpractical when he first made the proposal at the Youth delegates conference last year, he still believed that this is the new course BN should chart, especially so after the March 8 general election.

"Post-March 8 surveys and studies showed that the majority of the people want to see BN becoming a single, multi-racial party.

"I feel that BN (component parties') leaders should have the courage to heed the wishes of the people, otherwise there will be an even bigger (political) tsunami in the next general election."

In an interview with the daily, Mah admitted that the BN operation module has indeed worked well in the last 50 years, but it is no longer suitable and if BN remains adamant and refuses to change, it will not be easy for the coalition to win the support of the voters inthe next general election.