Tuesday, September 15, 2015

BN's MP P Kamalanathan supports September 16 Rally? Ignorant of what his staff is doing?

“In the spirit of helping NGOs, my service centre officers allocated resources and the office space, based on goodwill and without knowledge of the event.

Is this the kind of Member of Parliament we want? What will MIC do? It is shocking when BN's MP P Kamalanathan tries to shift the blame to his 'service centre officers'...What other NGOs or Trade Unions did he help - a list transparently disclosing to the rakyat maybe on his MP Hulu Selangor Blog/Website (Well, he has a blog - http://pkamalanathan.blogspot.my/2015_05_01_archive.html, but alas the last post was in June 2015 - and that was about MIC matters. ) Use your Blog and Websites to keep your constituents informed...

What money was used - part of the RM5 million Malaysian's money(not BN money) that is currently being allocated to just BN MPs...?

Najib's promising more than RM5 million for BN MPs? Buying silence and support?


 

 

MIC lawmaker red-faced over red T-shirt sponsorship


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MIC lawmaker P Kamalanathan found himself in a spot after it was revealed that his service centre sponsored 220 red T-shirts for tomorrow’s rally.

The Hulu Selangor MP was forced to explain the issue after one participant thanked him on Facebook for the contribution and urged others to collect the T-shirts from the service centre.

Kamalanathan explained that his officers allocated resources for the T-shirts and his office space without knowing what the event was about.

“In the spirit of helping NGOs, my service centre officers allocated resources and the office space, based on goodwill and without knowledge of the event.

“We will be more careful in future to ensure such incidents are not repeated.

“I wish to stress that I do not support any rally or gatherings that has any incitement towards any race or runs afoul of the laws of this country,” Kamalanathan added in a statement today.

The deputy education minister said as an MP, he receives numerous requests for assistance, in the form of funding as well as sponsorship of items, from community leaders and NGOs in Hulu Selangor.

“My office also receives requests to use our space for meetings and small events. This is something all MPs experience and support in good faith.

“The sole intention is to provide some form of assistance to these organisations to carry out their programmes and activities," he said.

Both MIC and MCA have objected to the rally.
'Risk of unwanted incidents'

MIC president Dr S Subramaniam has said there is a risk the rally could lead to unwanted incidents and affect the nation’s political stability, economy and racial harmony.

The rally was called to uphold Malay dignity after photographs of Bersih 4 participants stomping on images of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang surfaced.

Following this, images and posters warning the Chinese of a bloodbath began to circulate.

However, the organiser - National Silat Federation (Pesaka) - renamed the rally as ‘Himpunan Rakyat Bersatu’ and invited Malaysians of all races who supported the government to attend.

Meanwhile, MyWatch chairperson Sri Sanjeevan criticised Kamalanathan over the contribution.

“After being criticised by numerous quarters, Kamalanathan now claims he was merely helping a NGO under his parliamentary allocation.

“When his party itself has opposed the rally, Kamalanathan’s action appears to be as if he is going against the party,” Sanjeevan said in a statement.
 
 
From this MP's Facebook page, I also came across this statement (...but he did not clearly say that he did not support the September 16 rally...) Interesting also to see the comments made to this Facebook post...
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

As a Member of Parliament for Hulu Selangor, I receive a lot of requests for assistance in the form of funding as well as sponsorship of items from my community leaders and NGOs in Hulu Selangor.

My office also receives request to use our space for meetings and small events.

This is something all MPs experience and support in good faith.

The sole intention is to provide some form of assistance to these organisations to carry out their programs and activities.

I wish to stress that I do not support any rally or gatherings that has any incitement to any race or run foul of the laws of this country.

In the spirit of helping NGOs, my service centre officers had allocated resources and the office space without knowledge of the event based on goodwill.

We will be more careful in the future to ensure such incidences are not repeated.

P Kamalanathan
Member of Parliament
Hulu Selangor

15th September 2015

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