馬華雪州無拉港候選人陳志忠在接受《自由今日大馬》專訪時，促請選民公平對待該黨，並表示他們過去的黨員在早期協助建立了這個國家！
陳志忠也指出，不能說巫統及國大黨不好，他們照顧了人民，國陣政府做了許多好事。「當馬哈迪在1981年任相時，把任人唯親的文化帶進了國陣，我才感覺到壞事開始發生。」
他強調，不能說馬華一無是處，「是我們的祖先，我們的黨員，犧牲了自己的生活和金錢，促成我國獨立。」
陳志忠說，那時政治家們開始關注政客，而忽略了為人民和國家服務。
「1957年馬來西亞已經非常富裕了嗎？不，是我們的祖先，我們當時的黨員，他們分出自己的錢，犧牲自己的生命來實現國家的獨立。
「你不能說馬華根本沒有做任何事，」他說。
陳志忠還指出，國陣和希盟都渴望獲得權力。
「今天兩者都是一樣的。但是，如果你要忽視人們的困境，你會因為擁有如此強大的力量而獲得什麼？「他問道。
他說，對於那些精通政府如何運作但又不知道如何「為人民工作」的集會成員來說，今天沒有用處。
「民主行動黨的 王詩棋說，她知道政府是如何運作的。但我認為即使是職員也可以了解到這一點。她打算成為無拉港的職員嗎？
「他們瞧不起我只是一名SPM證書持有人，說我無法解決問題。是什麼讓學位持有者更好地解決問題，如果他或她只有理論知識？「
他補充說，希盟執法者並不能很好地理解Balakong，並且沒有努力研究選區，以便為問題提供永久的解決方案。
他聲稱，已經過去了10多年，但無拉港尚未體驗當時的民聯大選所承諾的變化。
他說，民聯州政府承諾美化某些地區，包括在雙溪蔡地區建立一個池塘，以便當地人開展娛樂活動。
「要美化那個地區，就不那麼難了。他們執政10年，掌管著雪蘭莪。十年過去了。難道你不覺得他們現在該做點什麼了嗎？「他問道。
他說希盟只是在看表面，還沒有完全理解選區的問題。
「你不能繼續修路，也不能解決問題的根源。問題將重新出現並變得更糟。
「這就是為什麼我的宣言優先解決居民面臨的當地問題，因為通過解決這些較小的問題，它不會導致大問題，」他說。
上個月，在其集會成員黃田志因事故死亡後，Balakong的座位空置。
在第14屆大選中，黃田志獲得41,768票，而國陣的林振華獲得5,874票，伊斯蘭黨Mohamad Ibrahim Ghazali獲得6,230票。
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BANGI: MCA』s Balakong by-election candidate Tan Chee Teong has urged voters to be fair to the party, saying it has contributed to nation-building since before Malaysia achieved its independence.
Speaking to FMT, the 40-year-old recalled how the party was formed before independence and the role it had played in freeing the country from colonisation.
「Please be fair to MCA,」 he said. 「Our past members helped build this country in the early days.」
Tan was responding to critics who say MCA no longer deserves the people』s support.
「Was Umno bad then? I don』t think so. Was MIC bad then? They took care of their people. The government under Barisan Nasional (BN) did a lot of good things.
「What changed? When was it that something happened? When Dr Mahathir Mohamad came to power as prime minister (in 1981), he brought along cronyism.
「That, I feel, was when bad things started to happen,」 he said in an interview at the MCA Balakong by-election operations room.
Tan said that was when politicians began to focus on being politicians and neglected to serve the people and country.
「Was Malaysia already very rich in 1957? No. It was our ancestors, our then-party members, who forked out their own money and sacrificed their lives to achieve independence for the country.
「You can』t say that MCA has done nothing at all,」 he said.
Tan also noted that both BN and Pakatan Harapan (PH) had become hungry for power.
「Both are the same today. But what do you get by having so much power if you are going to ignore the plight of the people?」 he asked.
He said there was no use today for assemblymen who were well versed on how a government functioned but did not know how to 「get their hands dirty working for the people」.
「DAP』s Wong Siew Ki said she knows how the government works. But I think even a clerk could learn that. Is she planning to be Balakong』s clerk?
「They look down on me for being only an SPM certificate holder, saying that I cannot solve problems. What makes a degree holder better at solving problems if he or she only has theoretical knowledge?」
He added that PH lawmakers did not understand Balakong well enough and had not been making an effort to study the constituency to offer permanent solutions to problems.
More than 10 years had passed, but Balakong had yet to experience the changes promised earlier by the then-Pakatan Rakyat, he claimed.
The Pakatan Rakyat state government had promised to beautify certain areas, including through the creation of a pond in the Sungai Chua area, to enable locals to carry out recreational activities, he said.
「To beautify that area, it isn』t that hard. They have been in power for 10 years, governing Selangor. Ten years have passed. Don』t you think it』s time for them to do something already?」 he asked.
He said PH had only been looking at the surface and had yet to fully understand the problems in the constituency.
「You cannot keep patching a road and not address the root of the problem. The problem will resurface and become worse.
「That is why my manifesto prioritises solving local problems faced by residents, because by solving these smaller problems it will not lead to big problems,」 he said.
The Balakong seat fell vacant after its assemblyman Eddie Ng died in an accident last month.
In the 14th general election, Ng obtained 41,768 votes while MCA』s Lim Chee Wah received 5,874 votes and PAS』 Mohamad Ibrahim Ghazali got 6,230 votes.
