Samy Vellu stepping down in January 2011

September 30th, 2010 by poobalan | View blog reactions Leave a reply »
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Finally, the date is set for Samy:

MIC President Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said Thursday he was stepping down to make way for his deputy Datuk G. Palanivel in January.

“Today, I’m officially announcing my decision to step down and pass the leadership to my deputy in January next year,” he told reporters after chairing the party’s Central Working Committee here.

He said that he had announced his decision to the CWC earlier.

Samy is the party’ longest serving president, holding the position since 1979 for 11 consecutive terms.

He was the Works Minister of Malaysia and the longest serving minister in the Cabinet until he lost his parliamentary seat in the 2008 general elections.

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1 comment

  1. Devan says:

    Well, it makes no difference!!! His replacement is just a backdoor deputy Minister and his vice president is a full minister!
    MIC is no longer relevant to the Indian comunity .Malaysian Indians are now a third class citizens in Malaysia.There is no more oppournities for Indians whether in business,education or in the public sector.The only way out for all of us is to get rid of this UMNO -majority BN and out from Putrajaya.
    All the PM’s talk about 1Malaysia is just CRAP and bullshit!!
    In fact there are the ones who are responsible for the present state of Indians in malaysia. AFTER 53 YEARS IN POWER, JUST WHAT HAVE THIS UMNO/BN HAVE DONE FOR THE MALAYSIAN INDIANS??
    We have just struggle through with all our hardwork.
    Whatever crumbs thrown down are all eaten up by their sons and relatives….
    Goodbye Samy…..rest in peace