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stage is set for MIC elections

August 23rd, 2009
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MIC elections nomination took place on Saturday. As predicted, there’s a three corner fight for the Deputy President post in MIC. Incumbent Palanivel will be challenged by ex-Deputy Dato Subra and Sothinathan. Expect Palanivel to win due to Samy Vellu’s campaigning.

And, there’s still another election battle in 2012, when Samy Vellu actually retires (or so he says). So, the loser here still have a chance then.

The Vice President posts sees 8 candidates vying for 3 positions. The president’s men are the three parliamentarians – Dr S. Subra, Saravanan, and SK Devamany. The “independents” are  Also in the contest are businessman and former Federal Territory MIC chief VKK Teagarajan, former central working committee (CWC) member KP Samy, Jelebu division leader P Mariayee who is the sole woman candidate for the post, businessman and CWC member S Balakrishnan (Johor MIC Treasure  ex-Johor MIC chief) and Kelana Jaya division vice-chairman P Subramaniam.

Again, the president’s men are expected to win comfortably, again raising questions on the credibility of the winners late. There will be a stigma on the winners – winning because of approval from president. They can’t help it if people wonder.

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Samy to remain president till next MIC election is over

August 19th, 2009
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Saw the interview excerpt in TV3’s Buletin Utama earlier. Samy Vellu confirmed that he will complete his term as MIC President until mid May 2012 AND will oversee the MIC election process after that before handing over to the new president. That means somewhere around mid September 2012.

Not that we can trust him (or any other politicians, for the matter). It could be some sort of strategy or half-truth to manipulate or disrupt the upcoming nominations and subsequent elections.

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Two temples in Kluang get land for relocation

August 18th, 2009
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Two temples in Kluang managed to secure land for relocation. That’s a good news.

The interesting questions here:
– Why in the first place the temple committee “failed to secure” a meeting with the district land office?
– Why must have political interference/intervention in administrative organisation?
– Does this mean the normal people like you and me can’t go to land office and make appointment for a meeting? Aren’t we paying the staff salary via taxes? Who are the office’s customers? Public or others?

Anyway, kudos to the MIC group in Kluang for able to solve this problem.  Its not easy, even for the political parties that represent the minorities.

THE Kluang district land office in Johor has agreed to set aside an alternative site for the relocation of two prominent Hindu temples, which have been squatting on Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd (KTMB) land for 50 years.

Tamil Nesan reported Kluang MIC chief K. Raman as saying that district officer Abdul Razak Mat Salleh had confirmed the relocation plan for the Sri Maha Mariamman Temple at Jalan Hospital and Thirumugan Temple in the nearby army camp.

Raman said the agreement was reached after a meeting between Kluang MIC members and council officers on Tuesday.

He said the Sri Maha Mariamman Temple had to be moved to another site as it was in the way of the double railway tracks being laid by KTM while the other temple had to be shifted because the army camp was going to be moved or even closed down.

Both temple committees had sought the help of Kluang MIC after they failed to secure meetings with the district land office.

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MIC Elections and AGM

August 16th, 2009
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Today saw the AGM for Youth, Wanita, Putera and Puteri wings of MIC taking place.

President’s man T.Mohan beat President’s nephew S.P Muthuveloo, garnering 321 votes against 148. This may be a sign that the other President’s man will be chosen as well, meaning goodbye Dato Subra and Sothinathan?

The deputy youth chief post was a tighter affair. MIC Youth political bureau chief V Mugilan (aligned to Mohan) defeated Kahang assemblyperson R Vidyananthan by 266 to 204 votes.

Meanwhile Wanita wing chief P Komala Devi retained her seat by defeating challenger and deputy S Thangasvari by 26 votes. Komala obtained 238 votes while Thangasvari gained 212 votes.

The deputy’s post was won by Dr CV Prema of Perak  (aligned to Komala) who defeated Negeri Sembilan Wanita MIC chief Dr P Thanaletchumi by getting 279 votes to 172.

According to Komala:

Speaking to reporters, Komala said her priority was to unite the women’s wing.

“We will also be increasing our programmes to serve the people, like medical screenings for women against breast and cervical cancer, and financial advice for entrepreneurs.

Komala also planned to organise leadership courses to train more leaders in the party.

To a question if she had expected a slim majority, she said she was not surprised as there was a smear campaign against her.

The AGM saw few suggestions worth mentioning:

1. MIC Youth to increase age limit from 40 to 45 in order to attract more professionals, create second echelon leaders, and possibly to avoid conflict with Putera wing. The change to be proposed in the upcoming general assembly.

2. Online membership application to be introduced.

3. Membership in MIC branches to be reduced from 100 to 65 so that better service can be provided to members (and to open more branches).

And, Samy talked about Facebook!!! :

“Youth members can create their own blogs and use the Facebook facility to interact with each other, and at the same time provide information on the activities and achievements of our party,” he said.

Syabas to Samy. Now we can see an influx of MIC people entering Facebook, joining the existing members and leaders. Hopefully it would not be like the call for blogging – when many politicians from all sides set up blogs, but today how many actually updating…

Congrats to the winners. Hopefully they will bring improvement to their various wings, champion the rights and justice for all Malaysian, steer clear of scandals, and manage to stay in position till the next election.

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Samy loss due to sabotage?

August 6th, 2009
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OMS Thiagarajan dropped a bombshell when he claimed that an UMNO leader helped to sabotage Samy Vellu’s election campaign in Sungai Siput in the 2008 general elections. Does it mean that the loss was not due to HINDRAF, Makkal Sakthi or anti-MIC sentiments? This is really shocking because all this while the general perception attributed Samy’s loss to HINDRAF and anti-BN sentiments.

Anyway, as I like to say – follow the money trail. It seems the reason the UMNO leader did that was to grab the lucrative Works Ministry from MIC.

Read about it at The Star or the article from Malaysiakini below:

Tamil newspapers are abuzz over the news that a Barisan Nasional component party leader was involved in undermining MIC president and former works minister S Samy Vellu’s chances during the March 8 general election.

It is learnt that the leader in question is from Umno and the alleged conspiracy was centred around the party’s desire to seize control of the Works Ministry from MIC.

During last year’s general election, Samy Vellu was defeated in his traditional parliamentary stronghold of Sungai Siput and subsequently dropped from the cabinet line up.

The Works Ministry fell into the hands of Umno while MIC was given, what most regard as the ‘more junior’ Human Resources Ministry.

The ‘sabotage’ allegation was raised by prominent Indian businessman OMS Thiagarajan earlier this week.

He was quoted in the Tamil newspapers as saying he had the assistance of a BN component party leader to oust Samy Vellu from Sungai Siput to ensure that the MIC president did not retain the position of works minister.

Thiagarajan is a close associate of the MIC president’s former estranged deputy S Subramaniam.

Saravanan: Probe the allegation

Meanwhile, MIC information chief and Deputy Federal Territories Minister M Saravanan said the allegation should be fully investigated as it was very serious.

“I will be talking to BN secretary-general Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor about the matter soon,” he told Bernama.

Saravanan said that if the allegation was true, stern action must be taken against the component party leader.

“I am not accusing Thiagarajan of making a false statement, but I just want BN component party leaders cleared of any such allegation.

“This allegation can create a lot of discomfort and result in disunity among BN component parties.

“It is a serious allegation and should be clarified as soon as possible,” he added.

Samy Vellu has yet to comment on the issue.

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