All the Chinese newspapers reported today the speech given by Penang Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon at a dinner organized by the Penang and Seberang Perai Hawkers Confederation at the Penang Chinese Town Hall on Thursday night.

He said that if Gerakan and MCA were to win less seats than Umno in the next general elections, it would be a problem to have a Chinese Chief Minister. He added that Umno has 15 seats and these two Chinese-based parties must not win fewer seats than Umno.

Dr Koh will be the Gerakan president come the next election and his political view cannot be disregarded.

But why should Dr Koh surrender the CM post to Umno if both the two parties could only win less than 15 seats? In 1990, Dr Koh assumed the CM post even
though Gerakan had seven seats.

The question should not arise at all under the Barisan Nasional’s power-sharing concept.

Umno is not even asking for the Penang CM post and there is no reason for Dr Koh to give it up.

He is just playing the fear factor again. “Vote the DAP and you lose the Chinese CM post”.

Well, Tsu Koon is already hitting the campaign trail now although elections are no where in sight.