After much speculation and rumours, Tan Sri Ong Ka Ting, the former president of MCA has announced that he will be contesting in the upcoming party elections at the end of the month. Saying that he was responding to the calls from members who were concerned and believed that he is the best person to lead them, he said that “I believe that their calls are motivated primarily by their genuine concern and love for the party in order to see a quick end to the damaging factional in-fighting which is going on. To all these members who care and love the party, I say I hear you, loud and clear.”