KUALA LUMPUR: Debat di antara Presiden MCA, Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek dan Setiausaha Agung DAP, Lim Guan Eng bukanlah satu pertembungan untuk menentukan menang atau kalah tetapi pentas untuk menyatakan pandangan masing-masing secara ikhlas dan jujur.
Bercakap pada sidang akhbar selepas debat selama sejam itu berlangsung, Dr Chua, 65, menegaskan yang menang sebenarnya adalah rakyat jelata yang akan dapat membuat pertimbangan yang lebih seimbang dan jelas selepas mengikutinya.
Beliau turut memuji Guan Eng sebagai seorang pemidato yang hebat dan berpengalaman.
"Beliau (Guan Eng) adalah seorang ahli politik yang muda, penuh bertenaga dan berpengetahuan luas," katanya mengenai ketua menteri Pulau Pinang yang berusia 52 tahun itu.
Berhubung cadangan Guan Eng agar debat yang sama diadakan di antara Perdaa Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak dengan Ketua Pembangkang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Dr Chua berkata beliau tidak ada sebarang masalah untuk menyampaikan mesej itu kepada perdana menteri.
Bercakap pada sidang akhbar selepas debat selama sejam itu berlangsung, Dr Chua, 65, menegaskan yang menang sebenarnya adalah rakyat jelata yang akan dapat membuat pertimbangan yang lebih seimbang dan jelas selepas mengikutinya.
Beliau turut memuji Guan Eng sebagai seorang pemidato yang hebat dan berpengalaman.
"Beliau (Guan Eng) adalah seorang ahli politik yang muda, penuh bertenaga dan berpengetahuan luas," katanya mengenai ketua menteri Pulau Pinang yang berusia 52 tahun itu.
Berhubung cadangan Guan Eng agar debat yang sama diadakan di antara Perdaa Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak dengan Ketua Pembangkang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Dr Chua berkata beliau tidak ada sebarang masalah untuk menyampaikan mesej itu kepada perdana menteri.
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KUALA LUMPUR: The people has emerged as the ultimate winner in the debate between the MCA and DAP here today as it allowed the Malaysian public to evaluate for themselves the policies and stands of the Barisan Nasional and the opposition.
“The winner is the rakyat and not Lim Guan Eng (DAP secretary-general) or Chua Soi Lek,” said MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek in a joint news conference soon after concluding the debate, which drew a hugh public interest, especially from the Chinese community and was telecast live on Astro, that is on Astro AEC and Awani.
“An engagement like this will allow the rakyat to see the stands of BN and Pakatan,” he said after the hour-long debate titled “Is the two-party system becoming a two-race system?” organised by the Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (Asli) and MCA’s think-tank, Institute of Strategic Analysis and Policy Research (Insap).
Right from the beginning, Chua and his fellow debater, the Penang chief minister, agreed to keep the debate professional and not as a platform to decide who is the winner or loser.
The debate was conducted in Mandarin and was moderated by Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall chief executive officer Tan Ah Chai.
On a question whether both parties had answered the questions raised in the debate, Chua said he believed he could have provided better explanation if they were given more time and opportunity.
Meanwhile, Lim said the debate could be a good beginning to become a more matured democratic society, adding that such an event should be more frequently organised.
“I think this is something good and I hope this will not be the first and last. I feel it will open up the mind of our rakyat because issues must be debated rationally,” he said.
Lim said both he and Chua had agreed to meet again for another round of public debate, which would be in Bahasa Malaysia or English, and they would decide later on other details of the debate including topics, time and venue.
Lim added the ultimate debate that the people were awaiting to see would be between Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim.
Chua: People The Winner In The Debate
KUALA LUMPUR: The people has emerged as the ultimate winner in the debate between the MCA and DAP here today as it allowed the Malaysian public to evaluate for themselves the policies and stands of the Barisan Nasional and the opposition.
“The winner is the rakyat and not Lim Guan Eng (DAP secretary-general) or Chua Soi Lek,” said MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek in a joint news conference soon after concluding the debate, which drew a hugh public interest, especially from the Chinese community and was telecast live on Astro, that is on Astro AEC and Awani.
“An engagement like this will allow the rakyat to see the stands of BN and Pakatan,” he said after the hour-long debate titled “Is the two-party system becoming a two-race system?” organised by the Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (Asli) and MCA’s think-tank, Institute of Strategic Analysis and Policy Research (Insap).
Right from the beginning, Chua and his fellow debater, the Penang chief minister, agreed to keep the debate professional and not as a platform to decide who is the winner or loser.
The debate was conducted in Mandarin and was moderated by Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall chief executive officer Tan Ah Chai.
On a question whether both parties had answered the questions raised in the debate, Chua said he believed he could have provided better explanation if they were given more time and opportunity.
Meanwhile, Lim said the debate could be a good beginning to become a more matured democratic society, adding that such an event should be more frequently organised.
“I think this is something good and I hope this will not be the first and last. I feel it will open up the mind of our rakyat because issues must be debated rationally,” he said.
Lim said both he and Chua had agreed to meet again for another round of public debate, which would be in Bahasa Malaysia or English, and they would decide later on other details of the debate including topics, time and venue.
Lim added the ultimate debate that the people were awaiting to see would be between Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim.
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