Keluar Atau Kekal

Tan Sri Dr Tan Tsu Koon berkata bahawa Gerakan akan mengkaji semula kedudukannya di dalam Barisan NAsional jika kompnen parti terutamnya UMNo gagal membawa perubahan untuk mengembalikan keyakinan rakyat kepada Barisan Nasional.

Beliau menekanakan bahawa Gerakan bukanlah parti pak turut. Walau bagaimana pun, sebagai sebuah parti yang bertanggungjawab Gerakan tidak akan tergesa-gesa dalam membuat keputusan. Gerakan akan memberi masa yang cukup kepada BN. Katanya , Gerakan akan terus mendesak kepada perubahan dalam BN . Jika usaha ini gagal, Gerakan akan mengkaji semula kedudukannya di dalam BN.

Gerakan mahukan perubahan sikap dan pendekatan disamping menghidupkan semangat bermesyuarah di dalam BN. Setiap pandangan daripada parti komponen perlu didengar dan diberi pertimbangan yang sewajarnya dalam setiap pembentukan agenda BN

"There needs to be a change in many other aspects. The BN's symbol of the scale denotes fairness and equality, and this needs to be put into practice in all fields. This is the original spirit of BN, but perhaps after some time because we are so busy with our things and think more about ourselves, we forget (about this spirit)."

He said initial efforts had been made by Gerakan to bring about change in BN but it was still too early to see the results.

"We will give a reasonable time frame, then we will see the situation," he added.

However, Koh admitted that change had started happening in BN but Gerakan thought it was still not enough.

"We in the BN Supreme Council and Management Committee had been meeting more often in the last five months compared with five years ago.

"This is a good start. We discussed many issues which need to see changes but these cannot happen in one or two months," he said.

Koh said Gerakan also wanted to see closer and more genuine cooperation among the BN component parties.

He said BN leaders also needed to listen to the voices of the people, including the voices of dissatisfaction which had begun to be heard from within BN itself.

"It has not been easy for me to deal with this. The people's voice must be considered. So, we want to demand for genuine change in BN and its component parties, and we would cooperate to achieve this," he added. - Bernama