PETALING JAYA: MCA president Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong said MCA is a democratic party, and as the party’s president, he said he would not give a command to instruct party members to vote for specific candidates in the coming state elections.

“If this really works, we (BN) would not have been toppled!” he said.

During the Election Talk Live earlier today, Wee was asked whether MCA would instruct party members to vote for Pakatan Harapan’s candidates in the state elections.

“No party will ever instruct its members to vote for a specific candidate.

“We can only hope that the members will support a certain candidate.”

On whether MCA will campaign for DAP, Wee said, “From day one we already made it very clear that we would only campaign for BN’s candidates. That’s it!”

He continued, “DAP’s secretary-general Anthony Loke said during an exclusive interview with Sin Chew Daily on July 18 that they had won the elections on their own, and that the other parties were not obliged to help DAP, including MCA.

“The sec-gen has said it so clearly that they won their seats on their own. So, do you still think we need to do the unnecessary?” he asked.

“We are actually doing our part. If we can help the unity government win more seats, we are indirectly helping DAP!

“While we focus our campaigning on BN’s candidates, we are indirectly helping you (DAP), too,” he asserted.

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