Manikavasagam: PKR killing my political career
Displeased for being suspended from the party, former Kapar MP questions the party disciplinary board for their inaction against other leaders
Former Kapar MP S Manikavasagam said that PKR leadership is ‘killing’ his political career by suspending his membership, thus disqualifying him from contesting in the ongoing party polls.
Speaking to FMT, Manikavasagam said that he was sad by the decision made by the party leadership.
“This sentence is like killing my political career..like what Mahathir did to Anwar. I should have been given space to defend myself. If they decided that my Kuala Selangor division chief candidacy should be disqualified then its okay but let me stand as the supreme council member.
“They should have not made me the scapegoat for grousing to the media. When they come to me and ask questions, I just gave them my answers based on what happened on polling day,” he said.
According to him, other party leaders also come forward to the media but no action is taken against them.
Manikavasagam who is contesting as Kuala Selangor chief division and supreme council member was suspended from the party after the PKR’s political bureau meeting last night decided that he breached the party election regulation by going to the media to voice his grouse.
PKR Disciplinary Board Chairman Tan Kee Kwong announced through a press statement today that Manikavasagam had violated the party election code Article B.7 which reads: “Any dispute regarding the party election should not be brought to the media or made public”.
Manikavasagam during the division polls last weekend alleged to the media that his opponent Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim was involved in money politics in the run-up to the election.
“His statement was aired in TV1 news and TV3 Buletin Utama on May 11 and published in Utusan Malaysia page 6 on May 12,” the statement read.
