SERI KEMBANGAN: Pakatan Harapan’s candidate for the Balakong by-election, Wong Siew Ki has challenged her MCA opponent Tan Chee Teong to debate.
“If Tan Chee Teong really wants to be the people's voice, this is the time to prove it (by debating) because in the State Legislative Assembly later, as the people's representatives he will still have to debate.
"I do not want to think less of Tan but he needs to be brave and find the right time for us to debate on the issue of toll abolishment,” she said.
Wong said that she was disappointed that Tan had refused an invitation to debate with each other in Facebook.
The debate on the social-media platform was organised by a Chinese newspaper and was scheduled to have taken place tonight. (Thursday night).
Wong said Tan had previously expressed his consent to the debate but when the press asked him on the matter the MCA candidate reasoned that he did not have the time.
"If you want to be a politician, you have to be ready to debate with anyone. If you don want to debate now, how are you going to debate in the state assembly,” she asked.
Wong was speaking after visiting the by-election media centre, here today.
Commenting on her campaign progress, Wong acknowledged that the issue involving the repeal of the 1Malaysia People's Aid (BR1M) and the introduction of the soda tax had slightly dampened the PH campaign.
"Every government policy is the result of an in-depth study done and all that is to help the people.
"When the PH became the government, the county’s national debt was quite high and our main focus now is to settle the debt without unsettling the people,” she said.
Despite, this, Wong said the PH campaigning had gone into full gear, with a week left before polling day.
She said PH campaign had covered almost 70 percent of the entire Balakong state seat.
"I will campaign more actively ahead of the last days before Sept 8,” she said.
