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Thursday, 15 July 2010

PKR grassroots call for Xavier's resignation

By B Nantha Kumar - Free Malaysia Today

SHAH ALAM: Unhappy PKR grassroot leaders in Selangor have called for the resignation of state executive councillor Dr Xavier Jeyakumar.

They alleged that Jeyakumar had failed to assist the community beyond the typical and routine MIC-style allocation for temples and schools.

“He (Jeyakumar) is the sole Indian exco and should be creating and finding job opportunities for Indians in the state government and local councils and resolving our welfare issues.

“Instead he is thinking like an MIC man and still stuck on temples and schools,” said one PKR leader from Puchong.

"While temples and schools were important, the bigger and more impacting reality was rising unemployment among Indian youths and the community’s social wellbeing.

"We have lived in Malaysia for more than two centuries. The BN has been a cruel government and has never helped us to solve temples and schools problem.

“But we were still capable of building temples and schools by using our own money. Now it's time for Selangor to focus on the community’s welfare,” he added.

Serving the interests of few

The disgruntled leader went on to say that despite its two years in power in Selangor, the Pakatan administration had made no significant changes involving the Indian community.

"Just look around Selangor. There are hundreds of Indian estates and villages and a majority of the population here live in a deprived state.

"The situation had not changed a single bit,” he said, adding that it was almost impossible to meet with Jeyakumar as he's constantly 'protected' by his lieutenants, including his daughter-cum PA Sangeetha.

“As a PKR member I'm ashamed to say that it's not easy to meet Xavier Jayakumar. Every time we wish to meet him, there will be some people who are close to him who will prevent us.

“He spends more time serving the interest of few people than keeping the promises he made during the general election,” he said.

Meanwhile, it is understood that a memorandum, detailing the grassroots discontentment with Jeyakumar, has been sent to PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim.

The memorandum blamed PKR’s failure in Hulu Selangor to Jeyakumar’s inaction in dealing with perennial issues facing the Indian community. It called for Jeyakumar’s resignation.

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