MIC will convene a meeting to discuss its formal entry into Perikatan Nasional (PN), party president SA Vigneswaran said today, even though PN has already approved the party’s application.
Vikneswaran said he would chair the meeting soon but did not provide a specific date.
“I will discuss the matter with the central working committee to join PN. We will meet very soon and announce the date,” he told reporters at an event in Bukit Kemuning.
On Thursday, former PN chairman Muhyiddin Yassin confirmed that the coalition had approved MIC’s application to join.
Muhyiddin said PN had agreed to accept MIC as early as last year and was now waiting for the party to make its move.
Talk of MIC leaving Barisan Nasional had circulated for some time, especially after the party’s 79th annual general assembly last November when delegates approved a motion empowering the leadership to consider such a move amid dissatisfaction over the party’s role and relevance.
Several Umno leaders, however, have repeatedly dismissed the speculation. BN secretary-general Zambry Abd Kadir said the coalition had received no official notification from MIC and insisted it remained part of BN.
