00:00We will not be together with the DAP in the Kerajaan Barisan Nasional.
00:10Former MCA President Dr Chua Soylek has defended Johor Menteri Besar on Hafiz Ghazi's refusal to govern with DAP.
00:20On Hafiz had said he would rather not be Menteri Besar than govern Johor with DAP,
00:25drawing criticism from DAP Secretary-General Lok Siu Phuq and political commentator Tajuddin Rusty.
00:32He is saying that BN is going solo because of the feedback from the grassroots.
00:39So if we go solo and in the end we do not make it or we do not have a
00:45majority,
00:46we will not work with DAP and don't mind being in the opposition.
00:52Chua said On Hafiz was one of the most moderate UMNO leaders he had encountered in 18 years of service
00:58in Johor.
00:59He is the most liberal, most moderate and progressive UMNO leaders I have ever met.
01:07He goes to the ground so he reaches more races and I never say, and I will never say he
01:14is a racist.
01:15Responding to Lok's point that Zahid sits with DAP leaders in cabinet,
01:20Chua said the Federal Unity Government was formed after a hung parliament,
01:24while cabinet seating is decided by protocol.
01:26Zahid sitting next to the Prime Minister and the Secretary-General of DAP sitting next to Zahid
01:35is not by choice but by protocol and convention.
01:41It's by convention that the Deputy Prime Minister sits to the right of the Prime Minister
01:50and next to the Deputy Prime Minister is also the head of the Chinese party, in this case, DAP.
01:59Chua also questioned DAP's claim to being multiracial.
02:03If you have a few state assemblymen or MPs which are non-Chinese and you claim that multiracial,
02:11I think it is farfetched to be honest.
02:14In the end, if BN cannot secure a majority, BN Johor will not work with DAP.
02:22To me, that is nothing racist. It's a political statement.
02:26Tanusha Manogaran, FMT
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