KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 – Even as MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat moves to head off the proposed second extraordinary general meeting on Nov 28, beleagured vice-president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said he respected the wish of the party’s central committee (CC) members to call for another EGM.

“Now an EGM has been called, let the delegates decide,” Liow, who is also the Health Minister, told reporters after officiating the 2009 Malaysian Institute of Art Convocation, here today.

Yesterday, MCA secretary-general Datuk Wong Foon Meng conceded that a group of 16 central committee (CC) members had acted within the party constitution to issue a notice for an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on Nov 28 following his refusal to do so.

Wong had then stood by the MCA legal bureau’s advice that the resolutions sought by the group were unconstitutional.

Among the 16 CC members asking for the EGM are vice-president Tan Kok Hon, Youth chief Datuk Wee Ka Siong and Wanita chief Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun.

When asked if he would take legal action against the Registrar of Societies’ (ROS) decision to reinstate Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek as the MCA deputy president, Liow said he would not drag the matter to court.

“No, I am not taking this matter to court. I will write to the ROS to seek clarification because it is important that we let the ROS know the party process and the party constitution. We do not want the ROS to make the wrong decision,” he said.

On the Greater Unity Plan (GUP), Liow said in order for the GUP to succeed, trustworthiness and sincerity were needed.

“When we talk about the unity plan ... the trustworthiness must be there, if there is no sincerity or trustworthiness in the party, it is difficult for the party to forge ahead,” he said. – Bernama