“His lack of respect for the prime minister and deputy prime minister (Muhyiddin Yassin) is appalling and he even had the audacity to send a representative who wasn’t even part of the 2009 central working committee,” said Ramanan in a statement today.
“What standing does any of Palanivel’s representative have to meet the number one man of Barisan Nasional with regard to this serious party matter?”
Palanivel had accused his deputy S Subramaniam of sidelining the former’s representative in the meeting with Najib yesterday.
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He had sent S Sothinathan as his representative to the meeting with the premier to discuss the issue between MIC and the Registrar of Societies (ROS).
Sothinathan, however, was blocked from entering the meeting and was only notified of the proceedings after it ended.
Meanwhile, although Palanivel did not attend the meeting because his wife was “gravely ill”, Ramanan pointed out how he had “miraculously” managed to issue a full-page statement barely minutes after the BN secretary-general (Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor) gave his press conference.
“This is despite him not being at the meeting to know what actually happened.
“The real reason he cowardly backed off from the meeting with his boss was out of fear that he will have to make another U-turn.
“Let us not forget his cowardly behaviour back in 2013 when he ran to the prime minsiter when it suited him to ask for his help to broker a peace deal which allowed him to stay on for one term without there being a contest.”
On Palanivel’s threat against the ROS, Ramanan (right) said the former was not the “interim acting president” of the ROS.Therefore, he cannot direct the ROS to withdraw its letters, and neither can he suspend or sack them, said Ramanan.
“ROS determines if MIC exists or not and is empowered under Section 18 of the Registrar of Societies Act to safeguard the rights of members of a society under its watch and to make sure that party laws and constitution are strictly adhered to.
“Palanivel’s latest trick is to throw smoke screens to distract people because the ROS in its investigation found the formation of numerous illegal branches, which it called a serious offence under the Societies Act.
“Palanivel, who had been caught red-handed cheating and lying, then proceeded to divert the attention away from the crime that was committed by vilifying the ROS with unfounded accusations.”
The MIC president on Saturday had said he would go to the courts unless the ROS withdraws its letters to the party dated Dec 5, 2014, Dec 31, 2014 and Feb 6, 2015.
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