And now does the Pakatan Rakyat a favour by attacking BIG brother in the Barisan Nasional, ie UMNO. Following in MCA's footsteps?
Wow, finally someone has found a tiger's teeth, but to Desi, this is an ageing tiger whose days are numbered. The party is not over till the Fatman (some prefers to call him a "Taiko", but Desi doesn't know what that really means... Can someone help?) sings his swan -- can a tiger transform into a swan? -- song. When the curtain falls, it will be heralded as the beginning of the revival of the mch neglected Indian Malaysian community. If they have any sense, dump the part. MCA should do two. And Gerakan is as good as having done three. If you don't understand how I write, it's okay, the fault is mine. I C4! -- Desi, not YL Chong speaking hear! Lots of DDC, and that's not the name of a fertitliser or detergent. It's a sort of License just as Connery had one to kill. Mine is wan to ENTERTAIN you, my dear esteemedreaders/ER, and ENJOY meself, a ***BUMmer.
*** A self-elected resident of BLOGGERS' UNIVERSE MALAYSIA.
From the MI:
Samy’s MIC on collision course with BN
This assembly is clearly tickled... Delegates during lighter moments at the MIC assembly closing session in Kuala Lumpur today. - Picture by Jack Ooi
By Baradan Kuppusamy
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 13 — MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu basked in the glow of victory today, looking on appreciatively as one delegate after another attacked the government and former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for interfering in MIC matters.
The delegates at the MIC general assembly singled out for criticisms Mahathir and other leaders for condemning Samy Vellu and praising his rival Datuk S. Subramaniam, in the run up to yesterday’s election.
A day earlier, Samy Vellu-backed candidates all but swept the board, taking the lion’s share of posts contested, and cemented his grip on the party, despite some pressure from Umno and the public for some change in MIC.
Mahathir was criticised severely for doing nothing for the Indian community while the Umno/Barisan Nasional (BN) government was attacked for favouring only the Malays and ignoring the woes of the Indians for many years.
The depth of the criticism, sometimes tedious, was best illustrated after one delegate from Johore stood up and said: “They can see the woes of the Palestinians and the Bosnians but they can’t see our suffering right here before their eyes.”
“For them to tell us who to pick as our leaders is an insult,” he said.
While they attacked the “government” and Tun Mahathir, they held back on criticizing Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who had them on their feet yesterday in a stirring speech urging them to reform to win back Indian support.
He issued a warning, seen as being directed at Samy Vellu, that being popular in the party was useless if the people you claim to represent hate you.
But Samy Vellu appeared to shrug off the advice, seeing it as interference in MIC affairs.
He has also allowed delegates to speak up against a government, of which he was minister for nearly 30 years, and in which his party is still represented by a minister and two deputy ministers
“The die is cast…he is on a collision course with the government…Umno,” said a newly elected MIC leader on the sidelines of the MIC general assembly today.
“We are either in Barisan or out. We cannot be in the tent and attack our own,” he said, adding that in his desire to continue as MIC president, Samy Vellu, was now on a collision course with the federal government.
“It is the classic disease of individuals in power for one too many years,” said the MIC leader. “He believes without him the MIC would collapse and without him he Indian community would suffer.”
“The community that the MIC had represented has long fled to the opposition and the party is just a shell of what it once was but the Samy Vellu party and same script goes on,” he said.
The Najib administration is going the extra-mile to woo the Indian community, aware that the government had alienated them and that the level of frustration is deep.
But it needs a vehicle to take forward the transformation, and was hoping the MIC could reform, elect a new leadership and be the harbinger of a “new deal” for the Indians.
With Samy Vellu still around, there is little choice for Umno/BN but to support other stakeholders in the community and gradually start making a direct approach to Indian voters.
******** For many in BN-UMNO, it's :(:(:(:( but for Others, ))))))))))especially Desi, it's :):):):):):):)
Dr Mahathir: The Indians want you to go, Samy
Saturday, 12 September 2009 06:01
PETALING JAYA – The Indian community is fed up with S SamyVellu and wants him to step down as MIC president, said former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
“Before the 2008 general election a TV station had asked me what is going to happen to MIC.
“I said for as long as Samy Vellu is there, the MIC will lose.
“It is correct and he lost," Dr Mahathir told reporters after presenting Aidilfitri aid and the Perkim President Seri Cemerlang Award at a buka puasa function here on Friday night.
The MIC will continue to lose the support of the Indian community if. Samy Vellu continues to lead the party, he added.
Bad blood between two loyalists
There had been bad blood lately between the two men, who were staunch allies and loyalists in the glory days of the Barisan Nasional before it lost its two-third majority in Parliament at the last general election in March 2008.
The MIC, like other Barisan components, suffered heavy losses that were associated with the mass uprising staged by the outlawed Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) in November 2007.
Samy Vellu was Works Minister in the Cabinet of Abdullah Ahmad Badwi when he lost his Sungai Siput parliamentary seat to newcomer Dr D Michael Jeyakumar in that election.
In the June 2006 MIC election, Samy Vellu openly supported his trusted lieutenant, former press secretary, G Palanivel, who stood against incumbent S Subramaniam.
Palanivel emerged as the victor, and the new deputy president in 27 years.
Subramaniam, however, is back in the fray to wrest the post he lost to Palanivel. This will be decided at the at the two-day MIC general assembly at the Putra World Trade Centre here which begins Saturday.
Samy unhappy with Dr M's remarks
Samy Vellu recently chided Dr Mahathir for allegedly meddling in MIC affairs, following a report in Tamil paper Makkal Osai that the former prime minister purportedly endorsed Subramaniam’s candidacy.
Samy Vellu said Dr Mahathir’s remarks that Subramaniam could lead the MIC had came at about the time that MIC would be holding its general assembly (which Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak will open at the PWTC).
"When he (Makkal Osai reporter) asked for my opinion, I did not realise the party's elections is around the corner,” said Dr Mahathir.
“I gave my opinion, if he (Samy) stays on, MIC cannot be revived. Now the Indian community is divided into eight parties,” he added.
'He finishes them offf'
"Previously, all of them supported MIC. Not many are supporting the MIC now and they gave the same reason. They are fed up of Samy Vellu, who wants to hold the reins until nobody else can take over from him.
“Whoever becomes his deputy, when they are getting popular, he finishes them of," he said.
On Samy Vellu's allegation that he (Dr Mahathir) had neglected the Indian community, the former prime minister said it was not true as he had helped all communities and not only the Malays.
"A newspaper had quoted him (Samy Vellu) as saying that I had never helped the Indian community. When I called him from Syria then, he denied it.
"When I came back, the newspaper played the tape for me. It was true he did say that I had never helped the Indian community," Dr Mahathir added.
Related stories:
Samy tells Dr M to stop meddling
Mahathir's tirade: MIC Youth defends Samy
Another back story from malaysian.mirror.com,
and Desi is enjoying himself tremendously watching
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