Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email As usual, more “reMic” effort announcement by Samy. This time, he points out that with “current” arrangements “a branch chairman would end up choosing family members to helm the respective wings”. So, he decided that Youth wings can set up their own branches and not be part of existing MIC branches.
Problem is, such efforts should be coming from the top. Relatives of leaders should not be seen to be helming entities affiliated with the party itself, or worse still be leaders in the party. If the top leaders argue that their relatives are the best for the job and earned it on merit, the branch leaders can also reply the same! Walk the talk, don’t just talk and ask others to walk.
As for plans to get Malaysian Telugus, Malayalees, etc to setup their own branches, I think this situation exists already.
MIC Youth to get more independence
IPOH: MIC Youth wings will no longer be part of their branches as part of the rebranding of the party, said Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu.
He said that with the current arrangement a branch chairman would end up choosing family members to helm the respective wings.
“All this nonsense must go,” he told reporters yesterday after opening Datuk Dr S. Vasan’s orthopaedic and adult reconstruction surgery clinic at a private hospital here.
Samy Vellu said that the youth wing would be allowed to set up their own branches and have their own functions. “This is to give them greater independence,” said the party president.
He also said that the party would go all out to attract Malaysians of Telegu, Malayalee and Sri Lankan ancestry to join the MIC. The current number of Telegu, Malayalee and Sri Lankan members in the party was still small, he added. “We want to harness their capabilities,” he said, adding that they would be allowed to set up their own branches.
