KULAIJAYA: MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek has challenged DAP to openly pledge to the people that should the Chinese community here vote for them, a menteri besar will be appointed from among the non-Malay and non-Muslim candidates.
Dr Chua said Johor DAP chief Dr Boo Cheng Hau had many times stated at several functions that although the state constitution only allowed a Muslim Malay to be menteri besar, there were provisions for this to be otherwise if the sultan approved it.
Sin Chew Daily had reported in April, quoting Dr Boo as saying that a non-Malay non-Muslim could be appointed to be the menteri besar should Pakatan Rakyat win Johor in the next general election.
Dr Chua questioned why such statements were only made available to the Chinese media. He added that this seemed to be an effort to mislead the Chinese community by giving them false hope and to fish for more votes.
The MCA president was speaking at a press conference yesterday at the launching of the Kembara Mahkota Johor 2012.
He said it was not wrong to say that supporting DAP was a vote to Pas, in order to help the conservative Islamic party lead the rule at both state and federal levels.
source : New Straits Times
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