Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email MIC announced today that the presidential election will be held on April 12th, which days before the Hindu New Year and barely a week after the two by-elections.
So far, the only challenger to Samy Vellu is Muthupalaniappan.
MIC’s all-powerful central working committee (CWC) today decided that the party’s presidential elections will be held in April.
At a press conference this afternoon, MIC president S Samy Vellu announced that nomination will be on March 22 and polling on April 12.
The veteran politician is expected to defend the post which he has been holding since 1979.
When asked if he would contest on April 12, he jokingly replied: “Maybe.”
The elections for the other positions have yet to be fixed but observers believe they will be held between June and September this year.
Samy Vellu denied suggestions that the presidential polls were intentionally being timed after the Bukit Selambau by-election, saying the party was acting in accordance to its constitution.
“Three months before the expiry of the position of president, the party must call for an election,” said Samy, adding that his term officially expires on May 26.
