'Door forever closed to Murugiah'
Andrew OngPublished: Jun 5, 2009 11:19 AM | Updated: Jun 5, 2009 11:34 AM
PPP president M Kayveas has ruled out reconciliation with his protege-turned-nemesis T Murugiah and that a senior party member would soon be nominated to replace the latter as deputy minister.
PPP president M Kayveas has ruled out reconciliation with his protege-turned-nemesis T Murugiah and that a senior party member would soon be nominated to replace the latter as deputy minister.
“I think its hopeless (to try and reconcile),” Kayveas told a press conference at the party headquarters in Kampung Atap, Kuala Lumpur today.
“If you have a problem, you don’t have to go to the press and smear the party. That is a big mistake. He was damaging, insulting and running down his own party. That is the sad part,” he added.
He also admitted that he had agreed to suggestions by two senior party members to hold ‘peace talks’ with Murugiah.
According to Kayveas, the talks however fell flat after Murugiah issued public statements insulting the two party members in the Tamil-language newspapers.
PPP’s internal turmoil began when Murugiah and six of his allies were sacked from the party on May 16.
The seven individuals had mounted a campaign against Kayveas, claiming that he had brought the party to the brink of deregistration.
Following this, Murugiah’s supporters held a extraordinary general meeting a week later and “elected” him as party president, prompting a tussle over the party leadership.
Murugiah, after being anointed the new “president”, also ordered for the June 7 party polls to be cancelled.
Murugiah a bad, bad example
For now, the Registrar of Societies (ROS) said that Kayveas is the rightful party president and it had no objections to the June 7 party polls.
To a question, Kayveas also confirmed that the party would nominate a senior party member as a deputy minister to replace Murugiah.
“Murugiah has to go. He has created too much problems for the party and BN... He is a very bad, bad, bad example to other BN component parties (for holding the rival EGM),” he said.
He said that the nominee would only be decided after the party elections this Sunday.
Kayveas also extended his “gratitude” to Murugiah’s faction for highlighting that the party’s records with the ROS was not up-to-date since 2002.
He said that any discrepancies with the party records was due to miscommunication between the branches and the party headquarters.
“They thought that we will file the documents for them... but this is not fatal. I’ve ordered all branches to submit their documents (directly to the ROS). It is just a five-minute process,” he said.
“Maybe, some matters were overlooked. To err is human. I’m not perfect, but it doesn’t mean that I cheated or lied to the party members,” he added.
However, he denied that the party was on the brink of de-registration as no notice has been issued by the ROS.
“I think its hopeless (to try and reconcile),” Kayveas told a press conference at the party headquarters in Kampung Atap, Kuala Lumpur today.
“If you have a problem, you don’t have to go to the press and smear the party. That is a big mistake. He was damaging, insulting and running down his own party. That is the sad part,” he added.
He also admitted that he had agreed to suggestions by two senior party members to hold ‘peace talks’ with Murugiah.According to Kayveas, the talks however fell flat after Murugiah issued public statements insulting the two party members in the Tamil-language newspapers.
PPP’s internal turmoil began when Murugiah and six of his allies were sacked from the party on May 16.
The seven individuals had mounted a campaign against Kayveas, claiming that he had brought the party to the brink of deregistration.
Following this, Murugiah’s supporters held a extraordinary general meeting a week later and “elected” him as party president, prompting a tussle over the party leadership.
Murugiah, after being anointed the new “president”, also ordered for the June 7 party polls to be cancelled.
Murugiah a bad, bad example
For now, the Registrar of Societies (ROS) said that Kayveas is the rightful party president and it had no objections to the June 7 party polls.
To a question, Kayveas also confirmed that the party would nominate a senior party member as a deputy minister to replace Murugiah.
“Murugiah has to go. He has created too much problems for the party and BN... He is a very bad, bad, bad example to other BN component parties (for holding the rival EGM),” he said. He said that the nominee would only be decided after the party elections this Sunday.
Kayveas also extended his “gratitude” to Murugiah’s faction for highlighting that the party’s records with the ROS was not up-to-date since 2002.
He said that any discrepancies with the party records was due to miscommunication between the branches and the party headquarters.
“They thought that we will file the documents for them... but this is not fatal. I’ve ordered all branches to submit their documents (directly to the ROS). It is just a five-minute process,” he said.
“Maybe, some matters were overlooked. To err is human. I’m not perfect, but it doesn’t mean that I cheated or lied to the party members,” he added.
However, he denied that the party was on the brink of de-registration as no notice has been issued by the ROS.
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