I refer to the Malaysiakini report Samy Vellu retains top post uncontested.

S Samy Vellu retains his MIC presidency and M Muthupalaniappan cries ‘foul’. It was a foregone conclusion.

So, what’s new? Nothing at all. The MIC branch persons who signed their nomination for Muthupalaniappan and then also signed for Samy Vellu also should be ashamed of their actions.

If they have any conscience at all, it should keep pricking them for the rest of their lives. May God bless them.

Samy Vellu says this is his last term. Fine. Let it be. What does he plan to achieve in the next three years that he has not achieved in the last 25 years?

He will probably have a long list of things to ‘accomplish’ while he is holding the MIC president’s post until 2012. But I wish that Samy Vellu can just achieve the following two things:

1. Resolve the Maika Holdings ‘mess’ by paying off its shareholders, at least the par value of their shares (ie. RM1 per share) and then close it down.

If there is any hope or plan of keeping Maika Holdings, then have the resolve to change its entire management team, including its CEO, Vel Paari (Samy Vellu’s son).

2. Groom a totally new person to take over the MIC presidency from him.

This new person must be young (below 50 years old), must be a well-qualified professional with an unblemished record (ie, he must be 100% clean and trustworthy) in all his activities.

He must be courageous enough to fight for the Indian community with absolutely no fear or favour.

If wronged or treated unfairly by the government, the new leader must be willing to sacrifice his government position and privileges without any hesitation.

He must be dynamic and must be able to ‘think out of the box’ to face challenges and solve the community’s problems and issues.

And most important of all, the new leader must not keep retaining the MIC presidency ‘forever’.

The new leader should groom another new leader to take over from him within his two terms (ie, six years) or a maximum of three terms (ie, nine years).

Can we expect Samy Vellu to really achieve these two things? I don’t think so. It’s (almost) impossible.