His comments follow calls by Umno advisory council chairman Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah for the party’s members, who are ministers, deputy ministers or chairmen of government-linked companies, to resign their posts immediately.
Asked if he was willing to resign, Wee, who is transport minister, only said: “ Whatever decision we make, it must be a collective one.”
The other MCA members in the government are deputy plantation industries and commodities minister Wee Jeck Seng, deputy education minister Mah Hang Soon and deputy national unity minister Ti Lian Ker.
Wee said MCA would continue to support BN as one of the coalition’s founding parties. “We have a friendship that we have forged for a very long time,” he said.
“I do not want to make any predictions. I only read what was passed (during the Umno AGM). In politics, a lot can happen in one day so we do not know what will happen next.”
He noted that, based on the written motions passed during Umno’s AGM, the party had stated support for the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government until the next general election.
“I was not in the assembly hall so I do not know what else was discussed. I am only going by (Umno president) Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s speech and the written motions that were passed last night.”
MIC, meanwhile, will discuss with its grassroots whether to go along with Umno’s stand to “go solo” for the 15th general election.
Party deputy president M Saravanan said they would discuss the matter at a supreme council meeting.
“That (quitting Cabinet) is Umno’s stand. I need to consult with MIC first if the grassroots agree with the decision,” Saravanan, who is human resources minister, told reporters.
During Umno’s annual assembly over the weekend, Zahid announced that BN would “go solo” in GE15, reiterating that its stand was, “No PPBM, no Anwar, no DAP”.
However, Saravanan said any political decision must reflect the grassroots’ aspirations.
On Zahid’s call to amend the Federal Constitution to strengthen shariah law, Saravanan said MIC would not accept anything blindly.
“If the proposal will give a chance to unite Malaysians, then there is a need to study it before MIC can support it.
Two recent court decisions involving issues that concern the Islamic faith have made Muslims extremely “uncomfortable” and there is a need to amend the Federal Constitution to put things right, according to Zahid.
Zahid was referring to the decisions on the right of non-Muslims to use the word “Allah” and on the Selangor state government being denied the right to enact any shariah criminal law that is already a federal statute.
The Umno president said he was more concerned about the Federal Court decision that nullified the Selangor state legislative assembly’s passing of the shariah law against unnatural sex as it involved a policy decision.