Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department T Murugiah today urged PPP president M Kayveas to respect the prime minister and not "jump the gun" in attempting to replace him (Murugiah) for the post.

kayveas murugiah ppp"Kayveas should be patient and wait for the outcome of the Registrar of Societies (ROS) investigations before seeking the replacement," he told Bernama.

He was commenting on the announcement by Kayveas that the party would soon submit the replacement name to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak for his consideration after the party's full supreme council members were finalised by Wednesday.

Murugiah was sacked by the party's disciplinary board for allegedly tarnishing the good name of the party.

PM's prerogative to appoint minister

On June 7, after officiating the PPP general assembly, Najib had announced that Murugiah could continue as the deputy minister until the outcome of the ongoing ROS investigations into the party's affairs.

Najib had also said that "it was the prime minister's prerogative to appoint a minister."

Murugiah said it was wrong for Kayveas to show disrespect to Najib who is the chairman of the Barisan Nasional of which PPP was a component party.

Kayveas had said that the party would choose one of the five vice-president to replace Murugiah.

PPP's incumbent vice-presidents are Maglin D'Cruz, Dr K D Siva, Chiw Tiang Chai and Dr. Loga Bala Mohan who is also the Penang PPP chief.

The fifth would be appointed on Wednesday.