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Apr 10, 08 3:18pm
MIC will allow its Youth and Wanita wings to form their own branches as part of the party’s restructuring exercise. Announcing this today, party president S Samy Vellu said each branch would operate as a separate entity, provided it had 50 or more members.
“We have received numerous complaints from Youth and Wanita grassroots leaders that branch leaders were hampering their work. “Some decided to leave the party because of the ‘red tape’ created by some branch leaders. So to avoid this, we have decided to allow Youth and Wanita to form their own branches, provided they have 50 or more members.
“Despite the branch status, they would still be governed by the Youth and Wanita wings. We don’t need a constitutional amendment for this. The Youth and Wanita (wings) will still have their annual general assemblies. This change is to allow them to operate independently,” he was quoted as saying by Bernama.
At present, MIC has about 3,700 branches nationwide and with the latest move, it is expected to have more branches. However, Samy Vellu said that the number of divisions would remain at 150 nationwide.
