Why Samy Vellu will be retained

I have noted the comments and pleadings from the various segments of Indian community over the past one month in wanting MIC President S Samy Vellu to make way for the new leaders to take over. As the saying goes, ‘no one is indispensable’.

But in Malaysia, it looks like politicians can - and may - stay on forever as long as nature does not take its course. One feels sorry for the rakyat, they have no say in this so-called democratic nation.

The predicament (or shall I say, gangrene) started with Umno after the party was declared illegal in the late 80s (how many of us know that for less than 24 hours, we had - technically - a Chinese prime minister during that period?).

Umno Baru ensured that no one challenged the incumbents at party elections and the leaders were given additional votes for getting nominated. All our jokers in the pack such as the MCA and the MIC followed suit and adopted a similar feudal style of party control. No one dared to oppose the leaders at the helm.

Look what happened to Anwar Ibrahim in Umno, Lim Ah Lek in MCA and S Subramaniam in MIC. For a country which had good leaders, we became barren when Dr Mahathir Mohamad took over as prime minister.

Not only in politics for the trend also spread to the national sports associations for football, hockey and to a certain extent badminton.

I believe, as an observer of local communal politics, Samy Vellu would be retained for the next general elections not because the MIC or Indian community needs him but because Umno needs him to fill their coffers by his ways of obtaining contracts in countries such as India and other Third World countries.

I dare to say that not one Umno leader could do what Samy Vellu has done for the past 28 years with the exception of Iron Lady Rafidah Aziz.

Having read Federal Territory MIC chief V Saravanan's idiotic and misinformed suggestion that Samy Vellu be given yet another lease to lead the Indian community again, I think these jokers are merely supporting the president in order to climb the political ladder.

Samy Vellu will never recognise intellectuals and technocrats in his party but only those who camouflage themselves to dupe the masses. People like Saravanan, Vigneswaran, Samy Vellu’s son Vel Paari, and ‘yes man’ P Kamalanathan are amongst those said to be part of the MIC leadership’s ‘new wave’. Bear in mind that they are also GANGSTERS.

Mind you, I would rather conclude these chaps are the messengers of doom for Indian Malaysians in particular and Malaysians in general.

Happy voting!