By Baradan Kuppusamy - The Malaysian Insider
Kannan Ramasamy, the “sacked” secretary general of the party told The Malaysian Insider that the suit will be filed at the Shah Alam High Court today and will name as defendants the Registrar of Societies, two ROS officials and Thanenthiran.
The allegation is that the defendants forged parts of the party’s constitution to give powers to the president to sack and appoint any official as he “deems fit.”
Using these powers, Thanenthiran had sacked 14 central committee members and replaced them with his supporters.
Vathemurthy on the other hand is claiming he is the rightful acting president of the party because Thanenthiran had already been sacked earlier by the original central committee.
The tussle for control of the party has also turned farcical with both factions taking turns in recent weeks to change the locks of its office.
The ongoing feud has put paid to a grand plan by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to give the Tamil underclass their own political vehicle.
Their feud has severely damaged their standing among the Tamil masses and turned the party into the laughing stock of the country.
Vathemurthy is now styling himself the party’s “acting president” until a president is found to head their faction.
His faction has been shopping around for candidates and Kannan says “several” individuals have shown interest to become president.
Klang businessman Omms Thiagarajan has announced he is not interested in politics but will only be “adviser.”
It is not clear which faction he will give advice to.
Meanwhile former Hindraf leader and ISA detainee P Gengadharan when contacted denied he was interested to head the Vathemurthy faction of the party.
“No I am not interested,” he said.
Other Hindraf leaders offered the party leadership are believed to include Vasantha Kumar, who has instead joined PKR, and Ganapathy Rao, who is believed to be leaning towards DAP.
Najib launched the party on Oct 10, 2009.
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