The contest for the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) president post has ended in a deadlock after a tie vote involving two contestants.
Incumbent president Abdul Halim Mansor of the National Union of Petroleum and Chemical Industries Worker and Mohd Jafar Abd Majid of the National Union of Telecommunication Employees both obtained 136 vote.
The unprecedented event happened for the first time in the 71-year history of MTUC, according to Free Malaysia Today.
This led the newly elected secretary-general Kamarul Baharin Mansor of the National Union of Management of Waste to study the MTUC constitution and seek advice from the Registrar of Societies (ROS) before taking any step.
Newly elected deputy president Mohd Effendy Abdul Ghani of the Union of Postal Clerical Workers will be the acting president.
Kamarul defeated incumbent secretary-general J Solomon, who only obtained 98 votes in a three-cornered fight. Kamarul won by 143 votes while Gopal Kishnam Nadesan of the National Union of Transport Equipment and Allied Industries Workers obtained 132 votes.
The report also stated that only about 400 were present at the conference out of 507 eligible delegates as some from Sarawak were wary of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Meanwhile, four unions have gone to court to challenge the validity of the meeting, in which their lawyer Srividhya Ganapathy cited the calling of the special delegates conference is not in compliance with MTUC's constitution.
The report stated that the unions want the ROS to intervene and supervise the election while ensuring the working committee acted in accordance with the constitution.
Case management had been fixed on Sept 29. - Mkini
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