Seven MIC leaders have filed a petition to declare the MIC elections null and void.
PETALING JAYA: Seven MIC leaders, who failed in their bid to win seats in the central working committee (CWC), have filed a petition seeking to declare the polls null and void.
In the petition to the party’s election committee and MIC president G Palanivel on Dec 6, they said the polls must be held again due to discrepancies in the election held last week in Malacca.
The seven leaders are R Mutharasu, S Kannan, P Vijian, M Pushpanathan and former CWC members Madhu Marimuthu, SP Manivasagam and S Ananthan.
They said results of the CWC election was announced on Nov 30, while that of the vice-presidential race was only announced the next day after four recounts.
“This is a serious anomaly as both elections were conducted simultaneously and therefore results should have been announced at the same time,” Madhu Marimuthu told FMT.
He said since each delegate was given two ballot papers and the election committee should have ensured that the number of ballots cast for CWC was the same as that of the vice-president race to ensure a fair election.
He added that several discrepancies in the counting process became apparent only after the vice-president polls results were announced.
“At that time the CWC candidates or their agents did not have the opportunity to raise objections. We were not present during the counting process. The number of votes cast for both the vice-presidential and CWC elections should have been the same. But sadly it is not,” he added.
Madhu Marimuthu also said the room where the votes were counted was not spacious enough and the 88 CWC candidates and their agents could not monitor the counting closely.
He also questioned the one-hour break given to election officials involved in the tabulation of results while counting was in process.
“The candidates were also not allowed to keep an eye on the ballot boxes which was under the custody of the election committee.
This has given rise to doubts whether the ballot papers were tampered with.
“The total votes cast in the CWC election does not tally compared with that of the vice- president race. Why do the numbers differ.
The same number of delegates voted in both the elections but now the numbers differ,” he added.
A copy of the petition was also dispatched to the Registrar of Societies (ROS) for investigations.
“We want the election committee to immediately hand over custody of the ballot papers to the ROS to investigate the allegations and conduct an inquiry,” said Madhu Marimuthu.
PETALING JAYA: Seven MIC leaders, who failed in their bid to win seats in the central working committee (CWC), have filed a petition seeking to declare the polls null and void.In the petition to the party’s election committee and MIC president G Palanivel on Dec 6, they said the polls must be held again due to discrepancies in the election held last week in Malacca.
The seven leaders are R Mutharasu, S Kannan, P Vijian, M Pushpanathan and former CWC members Madhu Marimuthu, SP Manivasagam and S Ananthan.
They said results of the CWC election was announced on Nov 30, while that of the vice-presidential race was only announced the next day after four recounts.
“This is a serious anomaly as both elections were conducted simultaneously and therefore results should have been announced at the same time,” Madhu Marimuthu told FMT.
He said since each delegate was given two ballot papers and the election committee should have ensured that the number of ballots cast for CWC was the same as that of the vice-president race to ensure a fair election.
He added that several discrepancies in the counting process became apparent only after the vice-president polls results were announced.
“At that time the CWC candidates or their agents did not have the opportunity to raise objections. We were not present during the counting process. The number of votes cast for both the vice-presidential and CWC elections should have been the same. But sadly it is not,” he added.
Madhu Marimuthu also said the room where the votes were counted was not spacious enough and the 88 CWC candidates and their agents could not monitor the counting closely.
He also questioned the one-hour break given to election officials involved in the tabulation of results while counting was in process.
“The candidates were also not allowed to keep an eye on the ballot boxes which was under the custody of the election committee.
This has given rise to doubts whether the ballot papers were tampered with.
“The total votes cast in the CWC election does not tally compared with that of the vice- president race. Why do the numbers differ.
The same number of delegates voted in both the elections but now the numbers differ,” he added.
A copy of the petition was also dispatched to the Registrar of Societies (ROS) for investigations.
“We want the election committee to immediately hand over custody of the ballot papers to the ROS to investigate the allegations and conduct an inquiry,” said Madhu Marimuthu.
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