PM’s brother dropped as Mira president

 

Parti Kuasa Rakyat (Kuasa) pro-tem president Kamarazaman Yaakob has been dropped as the Minority Rights Action Party (Mira) pro-tem president just months after his appointment in December last year.

This is due to a technical issue that was not in line with the party’s constitution.

Mira’s new pro-tem president K Palanisamy confirmed the matter when contacted by Malaysiakini yesterday.

“The decision was made at the supreme council meeting (held on Sunday). This is because his application to register Kuasa is still being processed by the Registrar of Societies (ROS).

“According to the party constitution, an individual cannot simultaneously hold the presidency in two different political parties. Thus, Kamarazaman’s appointment as pro-tem president is null and void,” Palanisamy said.

He added that the party would hold an emergency general meeting soon to choose a new leadership line-up.

Kamarazaman (above) had taken over Mira on Dec 19 last year after being appointed as its pro-tem president, as part of a resolution for Kuasa and Mira to merge.

Mira was a strategic partner to Pakatan Harapan during Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s leadership. It left the coalition in February 2020.

Since then, Mira has not aligned itself to any coalition, while Kuasa has declared itself to be a BN-friendly party.

Palanisamy, a former MIC central working committee member, said Mira would retain its name until it applies to ROS to change it to Kuasa. - Mkini