KUALA LUMPUR: Embattled Malaysian Makkal Sakthi Party (MMSP) chief RS Thanendran today denied that 22 of 33 central committee members have resigned from the party.
"It's is utter rubbish," said Thanendran at a press confrence in Kuala Lumpur today.
He said the confusion over the issue arose from a recent press statement given by a rival faction leader who claimed that 22 members have resigned from the party.
The MMSP was split into three rival camps, each led by Thanendran, former deputy chief A Vathamoorthy and former sec-gen Kannan Ramasamy just few months after it was launched.
"As party president I sacked the membership of 14 of the 22, who claimed to have resigned, on Jan 21 pursuant to clause 10 (1 ) of the MMSP constitution," said Thanendran.
"My question is, how can expelled party members resign when they have already been sacked from the party?" he asked.
"Thus far only one CC member, J Chandrasegaran, has sent in his resignation last month due to personal problems.”
Thanendran also slammed the move by Kannan to call for an AGM on Sept 25 and said it was just a political ploy to mislead members.
"Anyone can hold an AGM but it will be illegal if they use the party's name as they are not even the party members," he said.
No green light from RoS
Thanendran adviced members not to be confused, be misled or fall for the gimmicks of Kannan's faction and attend the AGM.
The press conference today was attended by several of the party's prominent figures who said that the RoS has not sanctioned the up coming AGM called for by Kannan and his team.
Thanendran said he met up with BN secretary general Tengku Adnan who denied giving consent for the AGM or having received an invitation to attend the AGM.
He said he will be making a police report today at the Dang Wang police station against Kannan and team for misleading members.
MMSP claims to have 35,000 members and Thanendran said that the party will hold its AGM in mid or late October.
"We are awaiting word from Prime Minister to confirm his attendance at the AGM," he said.
Meanwhile in another development, Sanjay Ramasamy, one of those sacked by Thanendran, said that the latter was also terminated as president of the party as per the MMSP consitution by CC member in January.
"Therefore, he too is no longer a member of MMSP. The media can refer to the RoS for confirmation of this," said Sanjay.
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