[hang nadim] 'Samy, renungilah nasihat saya'......

Oleh ZULKIFLI JALIL
pengarang@utusan.com.my

PUTRAJAYA 27 Mei - Datuk Seri Dr. Rais Yatim yang berpengalaman bekerja di bawah kepimpinan lima Perdana Menteri mempunyai nasihat yang diharap beliau dapat direnung dengan hati yang ikhlas dan luhur oleh Presiden MIC, Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu.

"Sahabat saya Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu perlu tahu zaman sebagai pengikut sudah sampai.

"Zaman sebagai pucuk pimpinan sudah berakhir. Ikan sentiasa busuk dan rosak dahulu di kepala, bukan di badan atau ekornya," kata beliau dalam khidmat pesanan ringkas (SMS) kepada Utusan Malaysia hari ini.

Sehubungan itu, Menteri Penerangan, Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan itu menyelar tindak tanduk anak Presiden MIC itu, Vell Paari yang menuduh UMNO melakukan 'pembunuhan politik' untuk memecahbelahkan MIC.

"Kelakukan Vell Paari menampakkan politik dinasti keluarganya.

"Bapa diam, anak terpekik mengutuk UMNO sebagai kambing hitam, sedangkan kambing hitam ialah diri sendiri.

"UMNO dicari, disanjung bila beri keuntungan pada diri. (Sebaliknya) UMNO diberi tahi bila diri tersepit oleh politik perbalahan dalaman sendiri," katanya.

Menurut Rais, beliau berkeyakinan penuh bahawa keutuhan MIC masih ada tetapi cuma kepimpinannya masa kini sudah berlalu.

Justeru, beliau meminta Samy Vellu agar jangan takut untuk beredar menjadi pengikut apabila sudah gagal menjadi pemimpin.

Kata beliau: "Pimpinan Barisan Nasional jangan gentar dengan kenyataan Vell Paari kerana ia datang daripada seorang yang sedang beredar dari dalam untuk keluar,"

"Yang penting ialah suara masyarakat India di Hulu Selangor khasnya dan masyarakat 1Malaysia amnya yang mahukan perubahan," ujarya.

Rekod Samy Vellu perlu diiktiraf - Tun Mahathir
KUALA LUMPUR 27 Mei - Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu sepatutnya menerima pengiktirafan kerana mungkin telah mencipta satu rekod baru sebagai ahli politik paling lama memegang tampuk kepimpinan sebuah parti politik di negara ini.

Bekas Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad berkata, Presiden MIC tersebut telah 'memerintah' lebih lama daripada tempoh beliau sebagai Perdana Menteri iaitu selama 22 tahun dan kerana itu, Samy Vellu perlu diberi pengiktirafan.

Ditanya mengenai kemelut jawatan Presiden MIC itu, beliau mengulangi kenyataannya bahawa "kita tidak sepatutnya tinggal lebih lama daripada yang dialu-alukan".

"Saya bukan mewakili UMNO dalam berkata demikian, tetapi 'pergi sebelum orang benci' menjadi antara sebab saya melepaskan jawatan tertinggi negara tujuh tahun lalu," katanya selepas menyampaikan ucaptama pada Persidangan Penuaan Sihat Malaysia Kelima di sini hari ini.

Beliau berkata demikian ketika diminta mengulas kemelut jawatan Presiden MIC yang tidak berubah sejak 1979 sehingga mendorong pembentukan gerakan menentang kepimpinan Samy Vellu oleh sebahagian anggota parti itu dan masyarakat India.

Isu tersebut menjadi semakin hangat apabila anak Samy Vellu, S. Vell Paari mengaitkan UMNO dengan gerakan membunuh kerjaya politik bapanya itu sementara Ketua Pemuda MIC, T. Mohan menyatakan akan mengkaji kedudukan parti tersebut dalam Barisan Nasional (BN) jika UMNO terlibat dalam pembentukan Gerakan Anti-Samy Vellu (GAS).

Samy Vellu yang menerima desakan beberapa pihak supaya meletak jawatan pada Julai ini, hanya akan bersara dalam tempoh lapan atau sembilan bulan sebelum penggalnya berakhir pada Mei 2012.

Ditanya media mengenai kenyataan Vell Paari, Dr. Mahathir menegaskan pihak yang membuat dakwaan tersebut perlu membuktikannya terlebih dahulu.

"Dia (Vell Paari) kena beri bukti yang jelas dahulu menunjukkan UMNO terlibat (menjatuhkan bapanya) seperti yang didakwa sebelum ini," tegasnya.

Samy Vellu hints at quitting before Sept 2011
2010/05/27
By Sajahan Abdul Waheed
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PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said his No. 2 in MIC and the top-ranked vice-president would both move up a notch to run the party in the interim when he finally retires “before or in September 2011”.
The MIC president added those two elements — an interim leadership structure in his absence and a hint that he would depart sooner — to his controversial retirement plan when interviewed during the Soal Jawab programme aired on TV3 last night.

“I do not want to be the president for the full three-year term. So, maybe before or in September 2011, I will go to allow Palanivel to take over.”

Datuk G. Palanivel, 61, the deputy president, would be acting president while the most senior vice-president, Datuk S. Subramaniam, 57, would take over as deputy president, as provided for in the party constitution, until the party’s elections due in March 2012 .

Samy Vellu announced his retirement plan last week. He had said he would quit eight to nine months before his term ended in March 2012, which would be around September next year.

Three party officials have since been sacked for opposing his timetable and wanting him to leave earlier.


Last night, Samy Vellu said he would refrain from interfering with the party administration or making any comments on the new leadership once he was no longer the president.

“I will shut up after my retirement and not say anything against the new president.”

He said he decided to resign after studying the political landscape and to give “my successor an opportunity to lead”.

“The challenges which we are facing now are different compared with that during the time of Tan Sri V. Manickavasagam (the former party president).

“Now, we need power and position to help us do our work,” Samy Vellu told the host, Media Prima’s news executive director Datuk Ahmad A. Talib.

On whether the time frame would be sufficient for Palanivel to campaign to be the new elected president, Samy Vellu said: “This would give him time to travel around the country, meet the 3,600 branch heads involved in the presidential election and gain popularity.”

Asked whether Palanivel would be challenged for the president’s post in March 2012, Samy Vellu said: “That is hard to say. No one knows as this is a democratic process and anyone can contest.”

Samy Vellu said after he failed to retain his Sungai Siput parliamentary seat in the 2008 general election, he secured a new mandate to lead MIC till March 2012.

“I do not want to be the president for the full term. So, maybe before September 2011, I will go to allow Palanivel to take over.

“He (Palanivel) would know the responsibilities as the president and the problems we face. If he starts now, he can prepare to contest the presidency later (in March 2012).”

Asked to spell out the tasks of the new MIC leadership, Samy Vellu said one must be close to the people and understand their problems.

“In my years as the party president, I have met more than 350,000 people, especially during my time as a minister. People come to my office as early as 5am every Tuesday to see me and they also come to my house asking for my help.

“I believe Palanivel can continue meeting the people as he was previously my press secretary and was part of all this.”

Asked if MIC leaders would accept Palanivel as the new president after he failed to retain his Hulu Selangor parliamentary seat in the 2008 general election, Samy Vellu said: “I have discussed this with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who agreed to appoint Palanivel as a senator so that he can look after the interests of the community.

“I have also asked that Palanivel be given a position.”

On other probable aspirants, including former vice-president Datuk S. Sothinathan and V. Mugilan, Samy Vellu said they were still young and had towork fast before they could be considered.

To a question on people in MIC asking him to retire much earlier, Samy Vellu said: “They are doing so as they have their own problems to hide, like Mugilan, who was working hard to contest in the Hulu Selangor by-election and was discussing this matter with the Hulu Selangor Umno leader s.

“However, I told the prime minister and his deputy that MIC would not endorse Mugilan as the candidate and that is the reason why we agreed on P. Kamalanathan.”

He said only “certain” MIC leaders were behind the Gerakan Anti Samy Vellu (GAS) rally to be launched on Sunday.

“I will be around on Sunday. Those behind this are young people who do not know what we went through in the past. In fact, my supporters also wanted to form a group to reaffirm their support for me but I have asked them not to,

“Maybe people are now asking me to go because I am already 73 and, most importantly, I am not holding any position. So, they think they can usik (disturb) me a bit.“

Samy Vellu also asked his former deputy, Datuk S. Subramaniam, to reciprocate his quit gesture and resign as a division head next year.

When told that Subramaniam was only holding a divisional head post, Samy Vellu said: “He has been a deputy minister three years earlier than me. He has always asked me to resign and now he must also do the same so we can both leave at the same time.”

On accusations that he was grooming his son, Vell Paari, to become the party leader, Samy Vellu said: “If I wanted to do so, I would have brought him into MIC 23 years ago. I did not do so. I only appointed him as a central working committee member last week.”

Asked if Palanivel could “hold the party together” like what he had been doing for the past 31 years, Samy Vellu said: “I believe that he can do so. He has his own style and I believe he can make it.”

On his plans after retirement, Samy Vellu said: “I am 73 and I do not know how many more years I have. I would like to help Malaysian construction companies seek opportunities in India and other countries.”



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APA KATA MEREKA........
Kemelut MIC bukti BN tidak mampu teraju negara
Ali Hashim
PERMATANG PAUH, 26 Mei: Kemelut yang sedang menyelubungi MIC adalah satu bukti ketara bahawa Barisan Nasional (BN) sedang berada dalam situasi yang tidak menggalakkan mereka untuk terus menerajui negara.

Menurut Ketua Angkatan Muda Keadilan (AMK)Pulau Pinang, Amir Ghazali apa yang sedang berlaku dalam kepimpinan MIC banyak membuka ruang kepada rakyat untuk melihat bagaimana pekung lama yang selama ini terpendam dalam sanubari ahlinya sudah hampir meletup dan menjadikan presidennya, Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu sebagai mangsanya.

"Saya optimis MIC akan turut terburai dan berkecai kerana sikap egoisme yang dipamerkan oleh Presidennya selama 31 tahun yang lalu sudah tidak meyakinkan pengikutnya untuk terus bersama beliau,” katanya.

Tambahnya, S Vellu Paari yang juga merupakan Ahli Jawatankuasa Pusat (CWC) MIC dan anak kepada presiden itu cuba untuk mendapat publisiti bagi membuktikan kepimpinan yang akan beralih itu akan turut mengikut amalan kronisme yang menjadi lumrah dalam Umno.

"Presiden yang telah 31 tahun memegang tampuk pemerintahan parti pula tidak mahu akur dengan kehendak ahli dan sanggup memecat mereka yang menentangnya adalah sikap yang sama dengan amalan yang diamalkan oleh kebanyakan pemimpin dalam Umno dan BN sebelum ini," katanya.

Manakala di Kepala Batas, Timbalan Pesuruhjaya PAS Pulau Pinang, Rosidi Hussain berkata, MIC akan turut mengikut jejak MCA sepertimana kemelut yang berlarutan sebelum ini.

Katanya, krisis keyakinan yang ditimbulkan oleh ahli MIC itu membuktikan bahawa Samy Vellu sudah tidak relevan lagi untuk terus menerajui kepimpinan parti yang berasaskan kaum itu.

Begitu juga, ujarnya dengan usahanya untuk menjadikan parti tersebut sebagai turun temurun tidak akan kesampaian apabila cantas mencantas yang dilakukan oleh Samy tidak ubah sepertimana yang berlaku dalam Umno dan MCA dahulu.

Rosidi yang juga seorang peguam berkata, lambat laun MIC akan turut menerima tempias yang ditinggalkan oleh MCA dan Parti Progesif Rakyat (PPP).

Beliau juga berkata, tradisi tidak menghormati keputusan suara majoriti dalam Umno seperti mana yang dilakukan oleh Presiden Umno, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak tidak melantik Khairy Jamaluddin yang memenangi kerusi Ketua Pemuda Umno dengan mengalahkan Mukhriz Mahathir akan turut menjelma dalam pemikiran kepimpinan MIC yang dipimpin oleh Samy dengan memecat mereka yang menentang pandangan dan keputusan yang telah dibuatnya