Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email Not sure if Sivasubramaniam will be taken to task and discplined. For him, what he did was right, but then after being explained, he said it is misunderstanding. Probably he was frustated and had received many iniquiries from the Indian community in Buntong and Perak. I think DAP have to seriously keep an eye on Perak since problems have been cropping up since election nomination time itself.
DAP to deal with ‘I quit’ rep’s grouses
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Athi Veeranggan | Apr 1, 08 7:31pm
DAP will deal internally with the issues raised by its disgruntled Perak state assemblyperson A Sivasubramaniam, said party secretary-general Lim Guan Eng today. Lim, who is also Penang chief minister, said although he was taken aback over what had happened in Perak DAP, he would nonetheless seriously look into all the issues that led to Sivasubramaniam’s aborted attempt to suddenly resign from the party. “We deal with all the issues internally. I am sure the party would work out amicable solutions to resolve all arising matters,” he said.
Buntong state assemblyperson Sivasubramaniam sent shock waves in Perak when he sent a resignation letter yesterday morning to Lim that stated he would relinquish his party posts and membership. Following persuasion by DAP leaders, including Lim and his father cum party supremo, Kit Siang, Sivasubramaniam withdraw his threat.
Asked whether Sivasubramaniam’s resignation antics had embarrassed the party, Lim said as far as he was concerned the issue was closed. “Although it should not have happened, whatever happened had happened. We cannot change it. We learn from here and move on,” he said.
Loyal and hardworking
He said Sivasubramaniam had apologised to him and the party leadership for his mistake and assured that it would not recur. “He (Sivasubramaniam) is a loyal and hardworking party man. The party will deal with his and Indian grouses internally,” Lim said.
Sivasubramaniam sits in the Perak DAP exco as the party publicity secretary. He attempted to quit when Perak DAP failed to keep its promise to allot two state executive positions to Indian elected representatives. Sungkai state assemblyperson A Sivanesan was the sole Indian appointed in Perak state exco holding the less vibrant portfolios of health, environment and human resource. Following Sivasubramaniam’s furore, DAP is expected give the speaker’s post to an Indian elected representative.
Extract from the Star (source)
PENANG: Buntong assemblyman A. Sivasubramaniam retracted his resignation from DAP after a private conversation with party secretary-general Lim Guan Eng. Lim, who confirmed this yesterday, however refused to disclose if he had made any counter offer to persuade Sivasubramaniam to stay on in the party.
Sivasubramaniam tendered his resignation on Monday only to retract it six hours later. … Asked if Sivasubramaniam’s dissatisfaction was due to the allocation of state exco seats which did not include any Indians from the party, Lim said the matter had been settled. “We will hold further discussions (behind closed doors) because this is internal party matter,” he told a press conference yesterday. …
Lim said DAP had accepted Sivasubramaniam back into its fold although his action had caused uneasiness within the party. “If such a case were to happen in Umno, the party would never accept a retraction of the letter as Umno would not forgive,” he claimed.
