{"id":4242,"date":"2009-04-11T00:22:34","date_gmt":"2009-04-10T16:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/?p=4242"},"modified":"2009-04-11T00:22:34","modified_gmt":"2009-04-10T16:22:34","slug":"termlimit-for-mic-president-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/indian\/2009\/04\/11\/termlimit-for-mic-president-post\/","title":{"rendered":"term limit for MIC president post"},"content":{"rendered":"

One would wonder why only now is there a proposal to limit the term <\/a>of MIC office-bearers. I can’t remember any such proposal in the last 30 years during the MIC AGM or general assembly. Anyone can clarify? MCA had implement a limit since last two years. I think many other parties don’t have such limit, be it ruling or opposition parties.<\/p>\n

Proponents say the limit will ensure new blood and ideas are constantly injected into the party. Detractors say there’ will be constant infighting\/competition for posts and that long-term plans can’t be implemented if got term limit. But I think a 5-6 year term is more than enough to attain few milestones of a long term plan of, let’s say, 30 years. Let the next person come in and fine tune the plans put in place.<\/p>\n

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Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, who has been MIC president for 11 terms, is proposing that the party limits the term of office-bearers as part of its re-branding exercise to regain the trust of the Indian community.<\/p>\n

This is among the last mandate which he wants to accomplish as he enters the last lap of his presidency.<\/p>\n

He has held the post since 1979 and has become the longest-serving leader in Barisan Nasional.<\/p>\n

Samy Vellu said that besides limiting the term of office-bearers, the party wants to attract younger leaders in an attempt to regain its position as the main party for Indians.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to ensure that MIC becomes a party with equal opportunities for the young and old,\u201d he told newsmen after meeting party leaders at a hotel here yesterday.<\/p>\n

Samy Vellu said these were among several proposals that he wants to implement before retiring from politics.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, what do you think? Is term limit good or bad? If good, how long should a limit be?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One would wonder why only now is there a proposal to limit the term of MIC office-bearers. I can’t remember any such proposal in the last 30 years during the MIC AGM or general assembly. Anyone can clarify? MCA had implement a limit since last two years. I think many other parties don’t have such […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[24,225],"class_list":["post-4242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-indian","tag-mic","tag-politicians"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4242"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4307,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4242\/revisions\/4307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}