Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak today impressed upon MCA delegates the need to explain to the Chinese community about the choices facing them in the 14th General Election.

"Tell them (Chinese community), what do they want? Do they want a strong Chinese representation or a weak representation in the next government? The choice is yours.

"Tell the Chinese community - DAP cannot form the (federal) government. The reality is, in the last general election, they won big but couldn't form the government.

"They cannot do better than the last election. Cannot. Even if they do as good in the next general election, they still cannot form the government," he said when officiating the 64th MCA annual general assembly at the MCA headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.

In the last general election, DAP swept 38 out of 51 parliamentary seats it contested. The party also won 95 out of the 103 state seats it contested, becoming the second largest party after Umno.

On the other hand, Najib pointed out that MCA only had seven parliamentary seats and the Chinese community could be better represented in the government if MCA won more seats.

Najib said he wanted an inclusive government and was forced to create new ministerial posts for MCA despite the party only winning seven parliamentary seats so that the Chinese community could be represented.

"By right, you can't get three ministers with seven MPs. Maybe only one, but not three. But we did it.

"We want to show that we listen to the needs of the Chinese community. But please, give us the support," he said...