The People Progressive Party's (PPP) mess appears to be getting messier with the prime minister's name being dragged into the fight with the accusation that he backed the emergency meeting held last year which split the party.
The person who leveled the charge is former party treasurer general, S Muthulingam who believes that the meeting called by T Murugiah had the blessing of premier Najib Abdul Razak.
"I believe he (Najib) backed him (Murugiah) in holding the EGM as claimed by Murugiah," he said in an interview today with Malaysiakini, in response to Najib's reluctance to remove the latter as deputy minister in the Prime Minister's Department.
"Maybe he is the prime minister's blue-eyed boy," said Muthulingam (right) sarcastically who wants Najib to step in and resolve the party's crisis.
He was commenting on the PPP's leadership tussle between incumbent president, M Kayveas and sacked party vice president, T Murugiah.
Murugiah declared himself as party president in May 2009 via an EGM with the support of 1,762 delegates.
It resulted in PPP being split into two factions, led respectively by Kayveas and Murugiah.
Meanwhile, the party's former youth chief, R Elann Govan who flipped back to the Kayveas camp claimed that he had attended the arbitration session between Murugiah and the Registrar of Societies.
"The method is wrong as the party was not represented at the hearing by Kayveas," he said.
The High Court is expected to decide the case on March 1.
The person who leveled the charge is former party treasurer general, S Muthulingam who believes that the meeting called by T Murugiah had the blessing of premier Najib Abdul Razak.
"I believe he (Najib) backed him (Murugiah) in holding the EGM as claimed by Murugiah," he said in an interview today with Malaysiakini, in response to Najib's reluctance to remove the latter as deputy minister in the Prime Minister's Department.
"Maybe he is the prime minister's blue-eyed boy," said Muthulingam (right) sarcastically who wants Najib to step in and resolve the party's crisis.He was commenting on the PPP's leadership tussle between incumbent president, M Kayveas and sacked party vice president, T Murugiah.
Murugiah declared himself as party president in May 2009 via an EGM with the support of 1,762 delegates.
It resulted in PPP being split into two factions, led respectively by Kayveas and Murugiah.
Meanwhile, the party's former youth chief, R Elann Govan who flipped back to the Kayveas camp claimed that he had attended the arbitration session between Murugiah and the Registrar of Societies.
"The method is wrong as the party was not represented at the hearing by Kayveas," he said.
The High Court is expected to decide the case on March 1.
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