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Saturday, July 13, 2013

“Do not attack Samy”

MIC vice president M Saravanan comes to the defence of his former boss S Samy Vellu against a stinging attack by a party leader.
PETALING JAYA: Former MIC president S Samy Vellu did not make any unilateral decisions on party matters when he was in power, MIC vice president and deputy Youth and Sports Minister M Saravanan said today.
Defending his ex-boss, he said whatever decision made by the party during Samy Vellu’s 30-year tenure as president was always discussed in the party central working committee before being implemented.
He was commenting on a statement by fellow MIC central working committee member N Rawisandran who asked Samy Vellu to step down as the chairman of the Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology (AIMST), an MIC run university in Kedah.
AIMST and Tafe college in Seremban are under the Maju Institute of Education Development (MIED),  the party’s education arm.
It has been a norm for the MIC president to be the board chairman of AIMST. Although Samy Vellu relinquished his position as party president in 2010, he held on to the chairmanship of AIMST.
Although, queries were raised on the matter after current president G Palanivel took over, the party decided that Samy Vellu continues holding the University board chairman’s post.
“The chairman of Aimst must always be the president of MIC. Let the new open membership, elect qualified board people who can run the university professionally putting community interest above self interest.
“The public wants credible people with substance to manage public assets. A president will come and go. We cannot have a situation where MIC assets leave with the president when he goes,” Rawisandran said in a statement yesterday.
He also said Samy Vellu wants Palanivel removed as MIC president.
“It is not surprising to see Samy Vellu wanting to play a key role in the upcoming MIC elections. He has mentioned that he is not sure who he wants to throw his weight behind for the president’s post but he is calling for a contest on the excuse that only a contest reflects democracy within the party – meaning he would like to see Palanivel removed,” Rawisandran, who is known to be an ardent supporter of Palanivel.
To this Saravanan said the decision to allow Samy Vellu hold the post was not made by the former president but the MIC central working committee members, including Palanivel.
“So to say that Samy Vellu did not allow democracy to flourish in the party is utter nonsense. Even during the presidential election, he never stopped anyone from contesting. As long as you have enough nominations, you can contest. It is just that there were no heavyweights to take him on.
“Is this also Samy Vellu’s fault? We should be grateful to our past leaders. Not only that, slamming them after they have retired is really a sub-standard. Everyone was given a chance to talk when Samy Vellu was in power. Why wasn’t this raised at our CWC meetings?
“I believe there is a bigger agenda in calling for Samy Vellu to step down. Off late he is being quite vocal of party matters. Some people in the party do not like that. There is also a general feeling that he would back someone for the presidency. This has caused uneasiness among some leaders in the party,” said Saravanan, who is tipped to go for the deputy president’s post at the party election in November.
Saravanan said party leaders should think twice before issuing statements attacking other leaders, may they be current or from the past.
“With this being an election year, we do not want leaders to start smearing the party by throwing allegations in the media. We should stay united even after the elections. When you start attacking like this, it has the potential to divide the party. Taking into account the current national political climate, a divided MIC will do no good to anyone.
“My advice to all leaders is to take things as it comes. Let’s not be emotional about things. We do not want a divided MIC. We should come out of the party elections, stronger than ever,” said Saravanan.
Last week, Samy Vellu broke his silence on MIC, saying that he would back “someone” for the presidency when the time comes. He also hinted that he was not happy with the way Palanivel had been running the party over the last three years.
Speculation is rife that he would throw his support for current MIC deputy president Dr S Subramaniam, who is also Health Minister, for the party top post taking on Palanivel.
The MIC presidential election in slatted for Sept 22, while nomination is on Sept 1.

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