Make the commitment to stay, live with Batu community, says Tian Chua
SYDI ALIF08 Nov 2022 05:00pm
Tian Chua - FILE PIX
He shared his experience in an exclusive interview on Sinar Daily's Fireside Chat on his losing about 10,000 in 2004, the majority to Barisan Nasional (BN), yet stayed in Batu and continued to do ground work, attend social functions locally as well as building friendships with people who he had seen from being young to old and from kids to have become voters now.
Questioned on who he thought would emerge as a winner this time around, he responded, “As a candidate, of course, I hope that I will emerge as a winner, but as I said, I welcome everyone to come in and express their views, fully participate in this very colourful festival of democracy.”
“If they want to serve the community, I think Batu people will be very welcoming. The only thing is if you want to stay, you have to stay and continue despite your loss.”
On PKR’s chance in the upcoming 15th General Election (GE15), Tian Chua expressed his belief that every party has a future.
“In the age of multiparty democracy now, I think every party has a place in Malaysian political landscape.
“The key issue that I’ve always been advocating is how parties come together by not insisting a dogmatic representation of their own ideology. If everyone said only they are the right one, then there would be clash all the time,” he said.
He also noted the important role to be played by political parties in a multiracial pluralistic society,
“Every political party that claims to represent people shouldn’t just think on the segment of what they represent, but has to be able to sit down and negotiate and facilitate what the future is for everybody.
“I think coalition politics is going to be the trend in the future and it is not only meant to gather enough seats in order to go to the Agong and become the prime minister.
"I think coalition is also a process of nation-building where the ruling party or whoever gather together respect each other knowing that certain ideas or political positions have a place in this country,” he added.
Tian Chua insisted that they need to try to negotiate and find out how to reach a point where they can mutually work together and benefit the nation.
“So I think coalition to me is not just a formula of forming a government, but it should be a philosophy of governance,” he concluded.
