I will resign if I fail, vows Waytha

Deputy Minister P Waythamoothy today said he is "ready" to resign from his position if he is unable to carry out his duties as underlined in the Persatuan Hindraf Malaysia (Hindraf)'s Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with BN.

In a statement today, Waythamoorthy, who is also a senator, said he would not remain "a minute longer" in his current position if he feels Hindraf is "unable to contribute" to solving the problems of the Indian community in Malaysia.

"The Prime Minister (Najib Abdul Razak) has appointed me primarily to oversee the often forgotten, longstanding, thorny issues affecting the Malaysian Indian community and to resolve them, permanently in line with his Economic Transformation Programme," he said.

"Similarly without fear and favour, we stepped into Putrajaya with genuine and sincere intention to take concrete corrective action.

"If our attempted actions remain futile without any benefit for the community due to direct and indirect obstacles blocking our path, then I am ready to resign," he added.

Waythamoorthy stressed that he did not come to Putrajaya "for the sake of power" and said that position "is not of any significance" to him if he is unable to deliver the desired results.

"My sole purpose and objective are to put into action the Hindraf- BN blueprint," he said.

The blueprint between Hindraf and BN was signed in late April, outlining four major areas that BN, led by Najib, promised to improve while working with Hindraf.

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The minister (right) said while the patient's condition is improving, it is medically prudent to wait until conditions are right for him to undergo critical surgery to remove a bullet lodged in his ribcage

The crime watchdog NGO leader was shot at in Jempol, Negri Sembilan last Saturday by two men on a motorcycle.

He has been transferred to four hospitals since.

"His condition is improving. The bullet but not causing problems at this moment," Subramaniam said.

"The reason why surgery has not been done is because the acute problem is not so much with the bullet, but the damage it has caused in reaching where it is now."

Subramaniam said that any delay in treating Sanjeevan was purely on medical grounds, and the same procedures would be followed "for the prime minister or someone of his stature."

Senator P.Waytha Moorthy is willing to resign if he is unable to carry out his duties effectively

This statement is to provide certain clarity on various speculations & questions posed towards me recently by the media  and  public. 

The Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak has appointed me primarily to oversee the often forgotten, longstanding, thorny issues affecting the Malaysian Indian community and to resolve them, permanently in line with his Economic Transformation Program.

I am in the Prime Minister’s current administration solely for the purpose of achieving what has been spelled out in the Hindraf- BN blueprint which the Barisan Nasional has agreed to implement when both sides inked the Memorandum of Understanding.

We arrived at the nation’s administrative capital without fear or favor in undertaking the above onerous task to achieve our objectives as we are not career politicians but Human rights advocates with a specific focus to uplift the poor and underclass.

Similarly without fear and favour, we stepped into Putrajaya with genuine and sincere intention to take concrete corrective action and if our attempted actions remain futile without any benefit for the community due to direct and indirect obstacles blocking our path, then I am ready to resign.

Looking at the Indian condition where sections of the community are downtrodden, Hindraf – the grassroots movement that I lead – sought to speak for them so that the voiceless poor and marginalized will be heard by our government.

Hence my foremost responsibility and accountability in assuming office is to ensure that Hindraf’s efforts are collectively focused on a genuine and urgent attempt to lay a path towards a permanent solution to the problems that have plagued the Indian community for far too long.

I did not come to Putrajaya for the sake of power nor is the position of any significance to me if I am unable to deliver.

My sole purpose and objective is to put into action the Hindraf- BN blueprint, and if I feel that we are unable to contribute constructively, while remaining within the establishment in redressing the Indian community woes, then the public can be assured that I shall not remain a minute longer in my current position.  

Thank you.

Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy

Released by

Raveendran Shanmugam (Shan)
Sr. Private Secretary to
YB Senator Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy