Subramaniam says party boss refused to meet him over MIC crisis – Bernama

MIC deputy president Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam has reiterated that he did not meet party president Datuk Seri G. Palanivel to discuss the party’s present crisis in detail.

He said many of his attempts to meet Palanivel had failed, "except for our cursory meetings in Cabinet".

"(Nevertheless) There have been reports in the press about some imaginary conversation between the (party) president and me, written by some highly imaginative journalist," he said in a statement today.

Dr Subramaniam said on January 7, he had requested to meet Palanivel, to which the party president agreed after the Cabinet meeting.

However, the meeting did not materialise.

"Subsequently, we happened to meet in Cabinet where we exchanged a few statements and once again, I reiterated the need to find a holistic solution to the proble and my willingness to work together to solve the problem, in line with the Registrar of Societies’ (RoS) decisions."

At the Cabinet meeting, he said Palanivel only raised his concern on the need to hold two elections, one in 2015 and another in 2016, but did not share his views on how he intended to solve the problem.

On December 5, RoS, among others, directed MIC to conduct re-elections for 23 central working committee and three vice-presidential seats in 90 days because there were claims of irregularities and violations of the party constitution and Societies Act.

RoS also told MIC to hold again elections for eight divisions in 60 days, namely for Bayan Baru, Bukit Gelugor, Subang, Bandar Baru Kulim, Taiping, Tambun, Sepang and Jasin.

It also directed the party to conduct elections again for Batu Kawan (deputy chairman), Kota Raja (division chairman), Tanjung Malim (division chairman) and Taman Koperasi Polis (branch chairman) in 30 days.

The party was also advised not to hold an annual general meeting as long as the matters remained unresolved. – Bernama, January 18, 2015.

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