KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 — Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Senator Datuk T. Murugiah today urged PPP President Datuk M. Kayveas to respect the prime minister and not “jump the gun” in attempting to replace him (Murugiah) for the post.
“Kayveas should be patient and wait for the outcome of the Registrar of Societies’ (ROS) investigations before seeking the replacement,” Murugiah told Bernama here today.
He was commenting on the announcement by Kayveas that the party would soon submit the replacement’s name to Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak for his consideration, after the party’s full supreme council members were finalised by Wednesday.
Murugiah was sacked by the party’s disciplinary board for allegedly tarnishing the reputation of the party.
On June 7, after officiating the PPP General Assembly, Najib had announced that Murugiah could continue as the deputy minister until the outcome of the ongoing ROS investigations into the party’s affairs. Najib had also said that “it was the prime minister’s prerogative to appoint a minister.”
Murugiah said it was wrong for Kayveas to show disrespect to Najib, who is the chairman of the Barisan Nasional, of which PPP was a component party.
Kayveas had said that the party would choose one of the five vice-president to replace Murugiah. PPP’s incumbent vice-presidents are: Datuk Maglin D’Cruz, Dr. K.D.Siva, Datuk Chiw Tiang Chai and Dr. Loga Bala Mohan, who is also the Penang PPP chief.
The fifth would be appointed on Wednesday. — Bernama
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