'Now we shall see whether Ong is a man of his words. He has stated that he and his presidential council will resign if he loses even by a simple majority.'

MCA showdown: Blow to both Ong, Chua

Kgen: A wise decision by the delegates. Both are unfit to lead. Chua (Soi Lek) for being an ex-porn actor and Ong (Tee Keat) for arrogantly playing personality politics to get rid of his deputy.

But the next bunch of MCA leaders who take over from these two lack experience, charisma and popularity and will provide weak leadership to a declining party. Not that I care. Better for Pakatan Rakyat.

Lahore San: Ong's idiotic move to sack Chua led to his undoing. He should have waited for the next AGM and concentrated on burnishing his credentials by concentrating on the PKFZ (Port Klang Free Zone) issue.

MCA would have been seen to be putting the people and national interest above petty internal squabbles. After all, Chua was elected by the same body of delegates who oversaw his own rise to the presidency.

Why the disparity on Ong and his cohorts' treatment of that selfsame mandate? If the president thinks he is inadequate, then replace him (with the support of the delegates) at the next AGM. Interesting to see how the blame game now develops.

Ghkok: I'm trying to understand the results. First of all, they don't want a sex-scandalised person to inherit the presidency. That's clear. That's understandable. No, in fact it's not that clear. Almosy half the votes actually wanted him back to lead the party.

On the other hand, they are throwing out the person who is practically single-handedly driving forward the biggest corruption case in the history of the country. Then again, almost half the votes actually wants to retain him.

From mindful analysis, the results are quite odd. There appears to be massive hidden hands at work. What next? Nobody knows who are going to take over. What happens to PKFZ then? Guess.

Lvbala: Great result but mind boggling. I think both leaders should respect the decision by the delegates. They should resign and give way to new leaders to take over. failing to do so, shall lead MCA to a point of no return.

Truth: Now we shall see whether OTK (Ong) is a man of his words. He has stated that he and his presidential council will resign if he loses even by a simple majority.

Jerry Tan: Bet you the Ong will not step down giving excuses that the constitution say two-third majority needed to vote him out. Chua should just go quietly... but anyway, why should we care... long time ago, MCA has become irrelevant to the Chinese community. We need Pakatan and multiracial parties... not racial and corrupt politics!

Malaysian for Malaysia: The truth is, even some PAS people I know from Ong's constituency have great respect for this man. I believe the best thing for Ong Tee Keat now is to decide whether BN is really the platform for him.

MCA is irrelevant, Chua Soi Lek, even more so - a man who's willing to do whatever it takes to regain the money and power he has lost. Thank you, YB Ong for exposing PKFZ, we Malaysian's are happy at least there's one MCA leader willing to do the right thing. Now get out of MCA and join Chua Jui Meng.

Observer: When asked whether he would resign as party president, Ong answered: "It's only fair that we bring it for discussion in the presidential council and the central committee." What a sham. The delegates, who are supreme, have kicked this guy out and this is his response!

The proper response should have been, "The delegates have spoken. They have no confidence in me. Therefore I will resign immediately. This is democracy. I respect the decision of the delegates. I thank those who had cast their vote in support of me."

Sex scandal Chua should also say something like that and fade out into the Malaysian sunset!

Loyal Malaysian: And so change has come again to the MCA. Not, I believe change in the spirit of the political tsunami that struck the nation on 308 (March 8, 2008), but change from a leader willing to wage his political life to bring some respect back to MCA to a spineless, wagging dog image.

Well, so be it. As with many other Malaysians, I have long ago regarded MCA as irrelevant.