KUALA LUMPUR – MIC’s presidential election may be postponed from June 5 to June 12 as the movement control order (MCO) is only set to end on June 7.
MIC secretary-general Datuk M. Asojan said this, however, would depend on the outcome of the May 26 nomination day and whether there will be a contest for the party’s top post.
“If there is a single candidate, then the new president will be announced on June 5. But, if there are more than one, then the election will be held on June 12,” he said today.
Current president Tan Sri S.A. Vigneswaran’s tenure is scheduled to end on July 14.
It was previously reported that the election for the party’s other top posts will be held after the election of the party president, depending on the Covid-19 situation.
Asojan, who is also the MIC Presidential Election Committee secretary, said steps will be taken to ensure that the nomination process is carried out in strict compliance with standard operating procedures (SOPs).
He said the committee had already passed the nomination papers to all branch chairmen, which will then be forwarded to the division chairmen before they are distributed to the state chairmen, who will then bring them to the headquarters on May 26.
“We only have 13 states, so only 13 state chairmen will attend on nomination day,” he said.
Meanwhile, PKR said it has yet to decide whether or not to postpone its national congress scheduled to be held in Selangor early next month.
Its secretary-general, Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, said he will issue a statement on the matter soon.
On May 3, Saifuddin was reported to have said that the 15th PKR National Congress will be held on June 5-6 at Raja Muda Musa Hall, Section 7, Shah Alam, Selangor in a hybrid format to comply with Covid-19 SOPs. – Bernama, May 18, 2021
