MIC’s quit BN resolution is in murky waters

MIC’s resolution to quit BN which has been left in the hands of the party leadership is not crystal clear. There is a lot of grey area which it has not addressed.

For the uninitiated, MIC delegates passed a resolution to quit Barisan Nasional.

On the same note party president Tan Sri SA Vigneswaran said MIC would continue supporting Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s government.

So MIC quits and supports the Madani government. That looks pretty straight forward.

That means the Tapah MP – Datuk M Saravanan does not need to have his seat moved from its present position to the one beside Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman.

MIC has also held talks with Perikatan Nasional.

In the event MIC joins PN, how is MIC’s sole MP going to support the Madani government?

Would he be seated along with the six axed Bersatu MPs who declared support for Anwar?

Saravanan and the rest of the MIC representatives at state level would not be affected by the provisions against anti-hopping in the Federal Constitution, similar to the positions of UPKO president Datuk Ewon Benedick who quit the Cabinet and took his party out of Pakatan Harapan.

The above is just the consideration at the federal level.

At the state level, MIC has Johor National Unity, Heritage and Culture Exco K Raven Kumar in Johor and Youth Development, Sports and NGO Exco P Shanmugam in Melaka.

Both state governments were formed by BN, unlike the unity government at the federal level. Hence it is likely that both men would dropped from the state line – up.

Since polls for both the states will be sooner than the general election, they are not likely to be that affected.

In the event the general election is called in 2026 then there is a reprieve for MIC as it would have some space to join a coalition and contest in the upcoming general election.

If the national polls is called in the first quarter of 2027, then MIC would be left in the quandary for one whole year.

These are some of the issues that the party has to consider before announcing its ultimatum, finally.

On another note, MIC could have spared the merry-go-round over the past few months by having its leadership announce its ultimatum.

There is no need for MIC to show its Vishwaroopam.

Former UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson once said, a week is a long time in politics and MIC have given indications over the past several months.

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