Finally an MCA man tells it like it is

Chew correctly identifies MCA's main problem: being a lapdog to UMNO.

MCA has been deluding itself for so long that even in the face of its near total wipe-out (just one federal seat) it still can't see what's wrong with the party and with BN. Except for one man: Bandar Tun Razak MCA chief Chew Yin Keen. So far, he is the only MCA man who has correctly articulated the real reason Chinese voters have rejected MCA:

Lapdog
He said MCA is perceived in the Chinese community as a "yes-man" to UMNO.

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Chew also articulated the other key issues that affected BN in general (and by association, MCA):

The Najib factor
"In fact, it is well-known fact that the main reason for the defeat and the loss of federal power by BN in the general election is the scandals surrounding the outgoing prime minister Najib Abdul Razak and his family members, especially the 1MDB and RM2.6 billion 'political donation'."

GST
Chew said other factors for MCA's defeat include the good and services tax (GST), which had burdened the people including the Malay community which had traditionally backed BN.

Gerrymandering
"Another factor that caused the defeat of BN was the re-delineation of election boundary that the people, especially young voters, deemed the BN government as cheating the people’s rights as well as being unjust and unfair to the opposition. This caused the uprising of young and educated voters to rebel against BN."