The party management committee, led by MIC president G Palanivel, reversed an earlier decision to suspend the results .
UPDATED
KUALA LUMPUR: In less than 24 hours, the MIC leadership decided to uphold the MIC Youth election results after a high level meeting today at the party headquarters.
Yesterday, MIC secretary-general A Sakthivel said that the party leadership had suspended the party’s youth wing’s election results pending investigations into alleged irregularities in the polls.
The emergency meeting this morning by the party management committee, led by MIC president G Palanivel, also decided to reinstate all 38 youth delegates who were voted in the youth polls on Nov 16 polls.
Hence, the delegates would be allowed to vote in the party national election, scheduled on Saturday.
The management committee comprises of the party president, deputy president, the three vice presidents and party state chairpersons.
Sakthivel told reporters today the committee decided that the phantom-voter allegation would not change the outcome of the results.
“The one vote does not make any difference to the result,” he said, adding that the party also sacked a youth member.
However, Sakthivel refused to give further details about the youth member who was overseas.
In the youth polls, former secretary C Sivarraajh won the wing’s top post defeating deputy chief V Mugilan by 44 votes.
Sivarraajh obtained 278 votes to Mugilan’s 234 to take over from outgoing youth chief T Mohan who is contesting for vice-president’s post this time.
The deputy’s post was won by MIC youth legal bureau head R Thinalan who garnered 321 votes beating Malacca MIC youth deputy chief K Sashi who obtained 188 votes.
Meanwhile, Sivarraajh urged the leadership not to make the same mistake in the future.
Sivarraajh also thanked Palanivel for sorting out the issue quickly and also the youth members for supporting him while the results were suspended.
He urged the party’s election committee to vet the candidates to see if they had been declared bankrupt before preparing electoral list.
ROS letter
Sakthivel also confirmed that the Cheras division delegates were entitled to vote in the national election.
The Registrar of Societies (ROS) had directed the MIC to iron out problems in its Cheras division as the issue could affect the party’s annual general assembly.
In a letter to Sakthivel on Nov 21, ROS deputy director-general Alias Mamat said they had received a complaint from Cheras division deputy chief K Palanisamy on the running of the division’s 14 branch meetings.
Palanisamy had written to the ROS that the meetings were held simultaneously on July 21 at the Cheras MIC division office in Taman Kobena, Cheras.
However, Sakthivel admitted that the issue was brought up in today’s meeting.
“All the delegates in MIC Cheras division are allowed to vote in the polls as for now,” he said.
UPDATED
KUALA LUMPUR: In less than 24 hours, the MIC leadership decided to uphold the MIC Youth election results after a high level meeting today at the party headquarters.Yesterday, MIC secretary-general A Sakthivel said that the party leadership had suspended the party’s youth wing’s election results pending investigations into alleged irregularities in the polls.
The emergency meeting this morning by the party management committee, led by MIC president G Palanivel, also decided to reinstate all 38 youth delegates who were voted in the youth polls on Nov 16 polls.
Hence, the delegates would be allowed to vote in the party national election, scheduled on Saturday.
The management committee comprises of the party president, deputy president, the three vice presidents and party state chairpersons.
Sakthivel told reporters today the committee decided that the phantom-voter allegation would not change the outcome of the results.
“The one vote does not make any difference to the result,” he said, adding that the party also sacked a youth member.
However, Sakthivel refused to give further details about the youth member who was overseas.
In the youth polls, former secretary C Sivarraajh won the wing’s top post defeating deputy chief V Mugilan by 44 votes.
Sivarraajh obtained 278 votes to Mugilan’s 234 to take over from outgoing youth chief T Mohan who is contesting for vice-president’s post this time.
The deputy’s post was won by MIC youth legal bureau head R Thinalan who garnered 321 votes beating Malacca MIC youth deputy chief K Sashi who obtained 188 votes.
Meanwhile, Sivarraajh urged the leadership not to make the same mistake in the future.
Sivarraajh also thanked Palanivel for sorting out the issue quickly and also the youth members for supporting him while the results were suspended.
He urged the party’s election committee to vet the candidates to see if they had been declared bankrupt before preparing electoral list.
ROS letter
Sakthivel also confirmed that the Cheras division delegates were entitled to vote in the national election.
The Registrar of Societies (ROS) had directed the MIC to iron out problems in its Cheras division as the issue could affect the party’s annual general assembly.
In a letter to Sakthivel on Nov 21, ROS deputy director-general Alias Mamat said they had received a complaint from Cheras division deputy chief K Palanisamy on the running of the division’s 14 branch meetings.
Palanisamy had written to the ROS that the meetings were held simultaneously on July 21 at the Cheras MIC division office in Taman Kobena, Cheras.
However, Sakthivel admitted that the issue was brought up in today’s meeting.
“All the delegates in MIC Cheras division are allowed to vote in the polls as for now,” he said.
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