As part of the restructuring process of HINDRAF, Waytha announces the appointment of two MPs as advisors. The two were part of the coordinators who were removed earlier as part of the restructuring process. There’s no more coordinator, but there will be directors and advisors. Not sure about the 3-man committee.
The duo – M Manogaran (DAP-Teluk Intan) and S Manikavasagam (PKR-Kapar) – have been informed of their appointments and have accepted their new role for the Hindu rights movement.
Waythamoorthy today told Malaysiakini that the new team of leadership would be made up of new faces.
He also said that these local leaders will no longer be referred as coordinators.
“The new restructured team would consist of advisors and directors for various fields,” he said.
Among the new positions to be filled by the new appointees would be the human rights director, economic, social and political rights director, public relations director, and finance director.
Waythamoorthy would remain the movement’s chairperson.
He also said that any former coordinators and other Hindraf leaders who were interested in forming a political party would be advised to temporarily detach themselves from Hindraf.
“This is to protect Hindraf from allegations that it is converting into a political party.
“However we will accept them as ‘political friends’ within Hindraf just like how we have accepted Manogaran and Manikavasagam,” he said.
Manikavasagam provided some comments as well:
Meanwhile Manikavasagam said that Waythamoorthy’s move to restructure Hindraf was a strategic action to face new challenges and to prepare the Indian voters for the next elections.
“I had very lengthy discussions with Waythamoorthy and I am convinced he knows what he is doing.
“He plans ahead and is a far sighted person whom many people do not understand,” he told Malaysiakini.
Manikavasagam said the Hindraf leader had informed him that he wanted to prepare the people to work together with the opposition “to remove the current BN government”.
“I urge all our supporters to be patient,” said the member of parliament who also warned the supporters to be aware of some individuals claiming to be the real Hindraf leaders.
“There are proxies of BN who are trying to confuse the people by claiming they were the original founders of Hindraf and had invented the slogan Makkal Sakthi (people power).
Calling these people as cheap-publicity seekers, Manikavasagam said that they were not even present when Hindraf was formed in the office of lawyer P Uthayakumar (photo) who is now under the ISA detention for his role in the movement.
Such people are tools of the BN to confuse our supporters, he added without naming anyone.