DAP’s Ramasamy unrepentant about ‘godfather’ remark

(The Star) – Penang Deputy Chief Minister II Dr P. Ramasamy remains unrepentant for calling DAP chairman Karpal Singh “godfather” of the party.

When asked if he would apologise to Karpal, Dr Ramasamy said “I don’t understand the meaning of that word (apologise)”.

He was also asked what his next course of action would be, he said he had yet to decide on the matter.

”For now I will take things as they are. I am not affected and I will not be intimidated by anything.

“I have my own way of dealing with things like these,” he told reporters after the lunch break at the convention on Sunday.

Meanwhile, a Kuala Juru DAP branch chairman has lodged a complaint against Dr Ramasamy over his “godfather” statement to the party’s disciplinary committee.

Karpal Singh said the branch chairman, Tan Ah Huat, lodged the complaint on Dec 8.

“We’ll let the (disciplinary) committee handle the complaint,” he said in a press conference at the party’s state convention at a hotel here on Sunday.

Referring to the protest by some 150 people in support of Dr Ramasamy before the convention started, Karpal said it was unfortunate that it had happened.

“Dr Ramasamy has to apologise. DAP can take action against its members, however high (their position).”

He added that if Dr Ramasamy claimed to have been misquoted in an Indian daily, then he should have asked for a correction.

“If it’s not corrected, then what he said, stands,” he said in reference to a news report where Dr Ramasamy named several candidates for the next general election.