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Koh SK wont resign

November 20, 2011

Koh SK won't resign

by Susan Loone(11-19-11) @www.malaysiakini.com

Gerakan President Koh Tsu Koon has discharged former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's call for him to give up his celebration post for unwell as a leader.

Koh, who is Penang BN chief, pronounced Malaysia is a democractic country as well as Mahathir was entitled to his views. However, either he quits his celebration post or continues to lead a Gerakan is a party's inner affair, pronounced Koh.

"We know what we have been you do as well as what to do. Thank we for your concern," he told a ex-premier, when asked to comment after attending a function during a Wawasan University in Penang today.

"In fact, for me to step down would be a easy way out. In a sense, we would be relieved of all my responsibilities if we let go," he added.

Koh pronounced that he felt responsible as well as cannot leave his comrades during this connection with a 13th ubiquitous choosing appearing large. He combined that his celebration leaders emissary as well as vice-presidents have been working very hard to prepare themselves for contesting in their respective constituencies to be impeded with extra workload, should he resign.

Willing to 'swallow passed cats'

"I would rather take upon a tasks myself as well as go around you do a work. we will take all a bullets and swallow passed cats from a CAT (Competency, Accountability, Transparency) government," he punned.

"I will take all this as well! as to r elinquish is a easy way out," he added.Yesterday, Mahathir suggested that Koh give up his Gerakan president's post for unwell to lead his celebration properly.

He pronounced a personality must step down after a major failure, as Abdullah Ahmad Badawi did as BN arch after a 2008 ubiquitous election.

Mahathir combined that Koh is seen as a liability to Gerakan as well as a BN as well as should rught away give way to others. Many, especially Gerakan grassroots members have been expecting Koh to step down as Penang BN arch today, after months of speculation as well as his own admitted willingness to hand over a rod to someone excusable to BN coalition partners.

It is during large believed that Gerakan secretary-general Teng Chang Yeow would be commissioned as a new state BN chief, after Prime Minister as well as BN inhabitant chairperson Najib Abdul Razak endorsed his candidature upon Tuesday.

Disappointment with Koh

Teng (right), who is a former Penang state senior manager councillor as well as ex-Padang Kota assemblyperson, had pronounced he was prepared to take up a plea to lead Penang in a entrance ubiquitous election.

Party members were unhappy when upon Thursday Koh merely announced that he would not contest in a entrance ubiquitous election, expected to be called early subsequent year but not due u! ntil 201 3.

In an evident response, Geraklah Gerakan a pressure organisation within a celebration has called for an finish to "eunuch" politics.

Its spokesperson Yeap Ban Choon pronounced after a wipe-out, a celebration make up must be reformed for a entrance GE13.

Meanwhile, a Gerakan executive working cabinet held a two-and-a-half hour assembly during a Wawasan University premises today. However, Koh did not make a most expected proclamation of his resignation as BN arch in Penang, as well as pass upon a leadership to Teng.

When asked by reporters after a meeting, Koh pronounced a assembly discussed "national issues as well as strategies".

On being pulpy further, he said: "I have pronounced all we wanted to contend during this morning's press conference".

On quitting his state BN arch post, Koh said: "We will follow procedures".Koh was referring to Article 23(2) of a BN constitution that states that it is a privilege of a BN supreme legislature chairperson to appoint state BN chairpersons.