BN bincang isu MIC selepas PRN Sabah

DEWAN Tertinggi Barisan Nasional (BN) dijangka mengadakan mesyuarat bagi membincangkan isu parti komponennya, MIC sejurus Pilihan Raya Negeri (PRN) Sabah.

Setiausaha Agung BN, Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir, berkata keutamaan BN dan komponennya ketika ini adalah memberi tumpuan kepada PRN Sabah.

“Ya saya percaya kita (BN) akan memberi keutamaan dalam isu MIC, kita akan berikan keutamaan dan saya fikir semua parti komponen ketika ini mempunyai persefahaman (beri keutamaan kepada PRN Sabah).

“Jadi kita selesaikan dulu di Sabah dan ia difahami oleh semua parti komponen (BN) dan selepas itu kita akan bersama-sama berbincang dalam semangat Barisan Nasional,” katanya di Putrajaya, semalam.

Ahad lalu, media melaporkan Perhimpunan Agung MIC ke-79 menangguhkan keputusan sama ada parti itu keluar atau kekal dalam BN selepas Timbalan Presidennya, Datuk Seri M Saravanan membentangkan tiga usul, termasuk cadangan untuk meninggalkan gabungan berkenaan dan membuat permohonan menyertai gabungan pembangkang.

Pada hari sama, Presiden MIC, Tan Sri S A Vigneswaran dipetik sebagai berkata, ketiga-tiga usul termasuk keluar daripada BN diterima dan diserahkan kepada pimpinan Jawatankuasa Kerja Pusat (CWC).

Vigneswan dipetik berkata MIC kekal memberikan sokongan padu kepada kepimpinan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim sehingga mandat beliau berakhir, tanpa mengira apa jua keputusan politik yang bakal diputuskan.

BN to discuss MIC issue after Sabah election

BARISAN Nasional (BN) supreme council will convene to discuss issues concerning its component party, the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), once the Sabah State Election (PRN) concludes.

BN secretary-general Zambry Abdul Kadir said the coalition’s immediate focus remains on the upcoming polls.

“Yes, I believe we will give priority to matters concerning MIC, but for now all component parties are aligned in focusing on the Sabah election,” he said in Putrajaya yesterday.

“We will address the situation in Sabah first and afterwards, we will discuss the matter collectively in the spirit of Barisan Nasional,” he said.

The statement follows MIC’s 79th Annual General Meeting (AGM), where a decision on whether the party will remain in or exit BN was deferred. Reports indicate that Deputy President M. Saravanan presented three motions, including a proposal for MIC to leave the coalition and consider joining the opposition.

MIC president S. A. Vigneswaran reportedly said that all three motions , including the proposal to exit BN were accepted and referred to the Central Working Committee (CWC) for further deliberation.

Meanwhile, BN chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi stated that he would respect MIC’s decision should the party choose to leave the coalition.

Ahmad Zahid, who is also Deputy Prime Minister and UMNO president, said he does not intend to interfere in MIC’s internal affairs.

 

 

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