KUALA LUMPUR: MIC's all-powerful Central Working Committee (CWC) today upheld the sackings of two party veterans V Subramaniam and KP Samy. Whereas the fate of the other two sacked members, former MIC Youth deputy chief V Mugilan and ex-CWC member G Kumar Amman would be decided at the next CWC meeting.
Subramaniam, the former Petaling Jaya Selatan MIC division chief, was given the boot after he had disclosed to the media an exchange of mobile text messages between him and party president S Samy Vellu.
Samy Vellu had axed the MIC veteran, popularly known as Barath Maniam, based on his presidential powers, an action which some had called undemocratic.
Following this, Mugilan, KP Samy, who is also a CWC member, and G Kumar Amman were also sacked by the president.
Mugilan was shown the exit for criticising Samy Vellu and asking him to step down, while the other two were sacked for openly supporting the call.
In the aftermath of this episode, Mugilan and his disgruntled comrades started the Gerakan Anti-Samy Vellu or GAS campaign calling on the president of three decades to step down.
Despite the media hype, GAS had failed to burn as brightly as expected.
KP Samy: This is a new chapter
Speaking to FMT later, KP Samy said the CWC's decision did not come as a surprise, but warned that it could spell doom for Samy Vellu.
“Samy Vellu has just opened a new chapter in my life. However, this is going to expedite his downfall,” he added.
KP Samy, who is a close associate of Samy Vellu's arch nemesis and former deputy S Subramaniam, also predicted a bleak scenario for Barisan Nasional.
He claimed that Samy Vellu would now be more vigorous in playing caste politics and this would cause BN to lose Indian votes.
“It is now up to BN to address this matter,” he said.
Are SMS detrimental?
Meanwhile, Barath Maniam had told the CWC this morning that he was expelled based on Article 61.2 of the MIC constitution.
Article 61.2 stressed that the president could act against any member, in consultation with his deputy, if a complaint was lodged with the president that a member had spoken or acted in a manner detrimental to MIC.
In view of this, Barath Maniam asked if there was a complaint lodged against him.
“If the answer is 'yes', then who is the complainant and what was the nature of the complaint?” he added.
Answering the questions himself, Barath Maniam said: “The president himself was the complainant and the judge. Does this not contradict Article 61.2?”
The MIC veteran also wanted to know how the exchange of mobile text messages could be deemed detrimental to the party.
“Based on the above submission, I sbmit that my expulsion by the president via a letter dated May 10 and received on May 12 contravenes Article 61.2 and is hence null and void,” he said.
“Therefore I seek my reinstatement as a member and all positions. I leave it to your goodselves to put on your thinking cap on the points raised by me,” he added.
In another development, the CWC, chaired by vice-president Dr S Subramaniam, also agreed to accept former PPP Youth leader T Murugiah and his supporters into MIC.
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