MIC skips BN candidate launch, mulls withdrawing from GE15

 

BN component party MIC is considering not fielding any candidates at all in the upcoming 15th general election (GE15).

MIC president SA Vigneswaran told Malaysiakini that the party will hold an emergency central working committee meeting to discuss the matter

“The decision will be whether to accept or reject the seats being offered, or sit out of the general election,” he told Malaysiakini today.

Vigneswaran also confirmed the party is not attending the BN candidate announcement taking place at the Kuala Lumpur World Trade Centre tonight.

Asked at the announcement event regarding MIC’s absence, BN chairperson Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said MIC is having a special meeting.

Earlier, several party sources also confirmed with Malaysiakini that they will be attending a meeting at 10am at the party headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.

“I’m not sure what’s going on but we’ve been asked to attend an emergency meeting tomorrow.

“We understand that the distribution of seats is not going smoothly. So, the party is considering whether to contest or withdraw.

“Anyway, everything will be discussed tomorrow,” said the source.

Meanwhile, party president SA Vigneswaran told The Malaysian Insight that the MIC leadership has called an emergency Central Committee meeting tomorrow morning to discuss the possibility of not contesting the coming polls.

Previously, MIC was expected to contest 10 parliamentary seats and three state assembly seats in Perak, and one state assembly seat in Pahang in GE15. - Mkini