Kuala Lumpur, February 9 – Within hours of the announcement by Home Minister Dato Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, MIC President Datuk Seri G.Palanivel stirred another controversy by appointing Datuk S.Sothinathan as the new Secretary-General of the party.
Although the Home Minister clearly spelled in his statement that it will be the 2009 CWC that will be in charge of MIC now, the President made another U-turn by appointing Sothinathan as the new Secretary General and has put the RoS in an embarrassing situation to make another decision – whether Sothi’s appointment as Secretary General is valid!
In a press statement G.Palanivel stated as follows:
“The Home Minister has today announced in the press conference that MIC fresh elections for all levels to be held beginning April 2015 until July 2015. The Home Minister’s press conference is a re-iteration of the contents of the letter dated 6 February 2015 issued by the Registrar of Societies (RoS) relating to the fresh elections.
RoS has also directed that the members of the Central Working Committee elected in 2009 shall form the Interim Central Working Committee for the purposes of the fresh elections. Though the directive of RoS as such is not provided for in the Societies Act, 1966 or the MIC Constitution, MIC will carry out the fresh elections as amicable resolution reached to resolve the issues with the RoS.
In this regard, the members of the Central Working Committee elected in 2009 who will form part of the Interim Central Working Committee are as follows:
President : YB Datuk Seri G Palanivel
Deputy President : YB Datuk Seri Dr S Subramaniam
Vice Presidents : 1. YB Dato’ Seri S. K. Devamany
2. YB Datuk M. Saravanan
Central Working Committee :
1. A. Sakthivel
2. Senator Dato’ Jaspal Singh
- YBhg Dato’ V. S. Mohan
- YBhg Dato’ M. Davendran
- YBhg Datuk S. S. Rajagopal
- YBhg Dato’ R. Ganesan
- YBhg Dato’ S. Ganesan
- YBhg Datuk S. Murugesan
- YBhg Datuk R. Moorthy
- Mr K. R. Parthiban
- YB M. Asojan
- YBhg Dato’ Randhir Singh
- YBhg Dato’ K.R.A. Naidu
- Mr S. Ananthan
- YBhg Datuk M.M. Samy
- Mr S.P. Manivasagam
- YBhg Datuk V.M. Panjamothy
- YBhg Dato’ A.Ganesan
- Mr N. Rawisandran
- Mr P. Palaniappan
- Mr Mathuraiveran
- Mr K. P. Samy
- YBhg Dato’ P. K. Subbayah (Deceased)
- YBhg Datin Paduka K. Komala (Women Wing Leader)
- Ms T. Murukasvary (Women Wing)
- Ms M. Mohana (Women Wing)
- Mr T. Mohan – (Youth Wing Leader)
- Mr P. Shanmugan (Youth Wing)
- YBhg Dato’ G. Kumaar Aamaan (Youth Wing)
- Putera Leader – None
- Puteri Leader – None
Pursuant to Article 46.5 of the MIC Constitution, nine (9) members of the Central Working Committee nominated and appointed by me as the President are as follows:
- YBhg Dato’ S. Sothinathan
- YBhg Dato’ S. Balakrishnan
- Mr S. Sunther
- YB Senator Datuk V. Subramaniam
- YB Mr R. Vidyanathan
- Mr M. Karuppanan
- Mr A. Prakash Rao
- YB Datuk M. S. Mahadevan
- Mr L. Sivasubramaniam
Pursuant to the sole and absolute powers conferred upon me as the President under Article 49 of the MIC Constitution, I appoint the following persons from the Interim Central Working Committee as follows:
Secretary General: YBhg Dato’ S. Sothinathan
Treasurer General: YBhg Datuk S. Murugesan
Information Officer: Mr L. Sivasubramaniam
The President also stated in his statement: “During the elections in 2009, there were no Putera or Puteri wings in existence, which were only created after the amendments to the Constitution made in September 2009. Thus, there will not be any representatives from these wings in the Interim Central Working Committee.”
“Under Article 60.3 of the MIC Constitution, I have the powers to superintend the administration of MIC in compliance to the MIC Constitution. I will accordingly call for the meeting of the Interim Central Working Committee to take all the necessary steps to hold the fresh elections.”
