Gan was quick to say that his suggestion was just to 'complement' MCA’s transformation efforts, apart from promoting music. — Picture by Saw Siow Feng

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 20 — MCA’s Frankie Gan, the man best known for his “Love is in the air” video for Election 2013, is once again banking on his music passion to recapture lost Chinese support for Barisan Nasional (BN) ahead of the next general election.

But to do this, the karaoke sensation said he hopes to get elected into the party’s 25-member central committee (CC) at tomorrow’s party polls.

At a press conference here today, Gan pledged that if voted in, he will use “music politics” to help restore MCA’s image back to its former glory days as a party that represents the country’s Chinese community.

“If I do get elected, first, I would get a music and lyric composer, either locally or internationally to pen down our party’s message in the song, and invite famous local artists to sing the song to convey the message to the public about what MCA is doing,” he told The Malay Mail online here at the Razak Mansion MCA community centre.

He said he will also focus on recruiting more members, especially those from the music industry.

“I will discuss and try to invite local artists to join MCA and use their platform to promote MCA or to pass our message to their fans, that would be for the older generation.

“For the younger generation, we will try to use BN as a platform to invite local artists who are internationally known such as Guang Liang, or Ah Niu, to return to Malaysia and perform,” he said.

Gan pointed out that there should be estimated additional three million new voters in the next federal polls and stressed that the MCA should be focussing on canvassing for their support.

The former Bukit Bintang parliamentary candidate also said MCA could use resources from its investment for the concerts, as well as corporate sponsorship to organise concerts and nationwide roadshows.

Gan also said he considers his album and music video a success, even though it was viciously mocked online by his political foes.

“A lot of people now know me for my music video.

“When I go out to see people, I would say 70 per cent of the people liked it, they even asked for the VCD,” he said, adding that the negative comments online had likely come from the opposition.

When asked if he was convinced his strategy would change the Chinese community’s impression of the party, however, Gan was quick to say that his suggestion was just to “complement” MCA’s transformation efforts, apart from promoting music.

“If I take this on, maybe we can get more people to join, come GE14, we might need 100,000 voters.

“Without the music, maybe we get 90,000 only but with the music, we might be able to get the remaining 10,000.

“Maybe people who are interested in music will join and support us, I cannot say that everyone would,” he said.

He reiterated that the central delegates should vote for him for the idea to be pushed through.

“I will share my idea with them, if in the central committee members say it’s not suitable, then maybe we can change the formula, if still cannot, then, forget about it, but this is my vision.

“I hope the central delegates will give me a chance, vote for me first, after I win, I will present my idea, if they agree, we will go ahead,” Gan said.